ὀλίγος oligos · G3641
little/few
ὀλίγος, -η, -ον; (on οὐχ ὁλ., see infr.), [in LXX chiefly for מָעַט ; ] ; of number, quantity, size, few, little, small, slight: Mat.9:37 15:34, Mrk.6:5 8:7, Luk.10:2 12:48 (sc. πληγάς, opposite to πολλάς), 1Ti.5:23, Heb.12:10, Rev.3:4 12:12; οὐκ ὀ. (in the best uncials written οὐκ ὁ.; see WH, App., 143; M, Pr., 44; Thackeray, Gr., 126 f.), Act.12:18 14:28 15:2 (with genitive part.) Act.17:4, 12 19:23-24 27:20; pl., absol., Mat.7:14 20:16 (WH, txt., RV, om.) Mat.22:14, Luk.13:23, 1Pe.3:20. Neut. sing (τὸ) ὀ.: Luk.7:47, 2Co.8:15; πρὸς ὀλίγον, 1Ti.4:8, Jas.4:14; ἐν ὀ., Act.26:28-29 (with little effort; see Page, in l); id., in brief, Eph.3:3; adverbially, ὀλίγον, of time, Mrk.6:31, 1Pe.1:6 …
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ὀλίγος [ῐ], η, ον, ; later ὀλίος (which see), of Size, little, small, frequently in []; ὀλίγῃ ὀπί with small, low voice, []; of stature,[]; of Space, ὀ. χῶρος []; of Time, χρόνος []; 2 sometimes in a sense between that of Size and Quantity, ὀ. δόσις []not copious, []; ὑποστάσιες ὀλίγαι slight sediments, []; ὀ. καὶ οὐδέν little or nothing, []; 3 of Degree, ὀ. καὶ μέγας of low and high degree, []; 4 weak, ἀθυμοτέρη καὶ ὀλιγωτέρη φύσις []; II of Number, few, or of Quantity, little, not in [], …
Where it's used 44 times
Matthew 7:14 · Matthew 9:37 · Matthew 15:34 · Matthew 20:16 · Matthew 22:14 · Matthew 25:21 · Matthew 25:23 · Mark 1:19 · Mark 6:5 · Mark 6:31 · Mark 8:7 · Luke 5:3 · Luke 7:47 · Luke 10:2 · Luke 10:42 · Luke 12:48 · Luke 13:23 · Luke 14:24 · Acts 12:18 · Acts 14:28 · Acts 15:2 · Acts 17:4 · Acts 17:12 · Acts 19:23 · Acts 19:24 · Acts 26:28 · Acts 26:29 · Acts 27:20 · 2 Corinthians 8:15 · Ephesians 3:3 · 1 Timothy 4:8 · 1 Timothy 5:23 · Hebrews 12:10 · James 4:14 · 1 Peter 1:6 · 1 Peter 3:20 · 1 Peter 5:10 · 1 Peter 5:12 · Revelation 2:14 · Revelation 2:20 · Revelation 3:4 · Revelation 12:12 · Revelation 17:10 … and 1 more
Source: TBESG G3641; TFLSJ G3641
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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