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Lexicon :: Strong's G3641 - oligos

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ὀλίγος
Transliteration
oligos (Key)
Pronunciation
ol-ee'-gos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:171,682

Strong’s Definitions

ὀλίγος olígos, ol-ee'-gos; of uncertain affinity; puny (in extent, degree, number, duration or value); especially neuter (adverbially) somewhat:—+ almost, brief(-ly), few, (a) little, + long, a season, short, small, a while.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x

The KJV translates Strong's G3641 in the following manner: few (14x), (a) little (7x), small (5x), few things (4x), almost (with G1722) (2x), a while (2x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 43x
The KJV translates Strong's G3641 in the following manner: few (14x), (a) little (7x), small (5x), few things (4x), almost (with G1722) (2x), a while (2x), miscellaneous (9x).
  1. little, small, few

    1. of number: multitude, quantity, or size

    2. of time: short

    3. of degree or intensity: light, slight

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀλίγος olígos, ol-ee'-gos; of uncertain affinity; puny (in extent, degree, number, duration or value); especially neuter (adverbially) somewhat:—+ almost, brief(-ly), few, (a) little, + long, a season, short, small, a while.
STRONGS G3641:
ὀλίγος, ὀλίγη, ὀλίγον (on its occasional aspiration, (ὀλίγος) see WHs Appendix, p. 143; Tdf. Proleg., pp. 91,106; Scrivener, Introduction, p. 565, and references under the word οὐ at the beginning), the Sept. for מְעַט (from Homer down), little, small, few, of number, multitude, quantity, or size: joined to nouns (cf. Winers Grammar, § 20, 1 b. note; Buttmann, § 125, 6), Matthew 9:37; Matthew 15:34; Mark 6:5; Mark 8:7; Luke 10:2; Luke 12:48 (ὀλίγας namely, πληγάς (cf. B. § 134, 6; Winer's Grammar, § 32, 5, especially § 64, 4), opposed to πολλαί, 47); Acts 19:24; 1 Timothy 5:23; Hebrews 12:10; James 3:5 R G; 1 Peter 3:20 R G; Revelation 3:4; of time, short: χρόνος, Acts 14:28; καιρός, Revelation 12:12; of degree or intensity, light, slight: τάραχος, Acts 12:18; Acts 19:23; στάσις, Acts 15:2; χειμών, Acts 27:20. plural with a partitive genitive: γυναικῶν, Acts 17:4; ἀνδρῶν, Acts 17:12. ὀλίγοι, absolutely: Matthew 7:14; Matthew 20:16; (T WH omit; Tr brackets the clause); Matthew 22:14; Luke 13:23; 1 Peter 3:20 L T Tr WH; neuter singular: Luke 7:47; τό ὀλίγον, 2 Corinthians 8:15; πρός ὀλίγον ὠφέλιμος, profitable for little (Latinparum utilis); (cf. Winers Grammar, 213 (200); some, for a little (namely, time); see below), 1 Timothy 4:8; ἐν ὀλίγῳ, in few words (cf. Shakespear's in a few), i. e. in brief, briefly (γράφειν), Ephesians 3:3; easily, without much effort, Acts 26:28f on other but incorrect interpretations of this phrase cf. Meyer at the passage (see μέγας, 1 a. γ.); πρός ὀλίγον, for a little time, James 4:14; simply ὀλίγον, adverbially: of time, a short time, a (little) while, Mark 6:31; 1 Peter 1:6; 1 Peter 5:10; Revelation 17:10; of space, a little (further), Mark 1:19; Luke 5:3. plural ὀλίγα, a few things: (Luke 10:41 WH); Revelation 2:14, 20 (Rec.); ἐπ' ὀλίγα ((see at the beginning and) ἐπί, C. I. 2 e.), Matthew 25:21, 23; δἰ ὀλίγων, briefly, in few words, γράφειν, 1 Peter 5:12 (see διά, A. III. 3) (ῤηθῆναι, Plato, Phil., p. 31 d.; legg. 6, p. 778 c.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:14; 9:37; 15:34; 20:16; 22:14; 25:21; 25:23
Mark
1:19; 6:5; 6:31; 8:7
Luke
5:3; 7:47; 10:2; 10:41; 12:48; 13:23
Acts
12:18; 14:28; 15:2; 17:4; 17:12; 19:23; 19:24; 26:28; 27:20
2 Corinthians
8:15
Ephesians
3:3
1 Timothy
4:8; 5:23
Hebrews
12:10
James
3:5; 4:14
1 Peter
1:6; 3:20; 3:20; 5:10; 5:12
Revelation
2:14; 2:20; 3:4; 12:12; 17:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3641 matches the Greek ὀλίγος (oligos),
which occurs 41 times in 40 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:14 - τί στενὴ πύλη καὶ τεθλιμμένη ὁδὸς ἀπάγουσα εἰς τὴν ζωήν καὶ ὀλίγοι G3641 εἰσὶν οἱ εὑρίσκοντες αὐτήν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:37 - τότε λέγει τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι G3641
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:34 - καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς πόσους ἄρτους ἔχετε οἱ δὲ εἶπαν ἑπτά καὶ ὀλίγα G3641 ἰχθύδια
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:14 - πολλοὶ γάρ εἰσιν κλητοὶ ὀλίγοι G3641 δὲ ἐκλεκτοί
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:21 - ἔφη αὐτῷ κύριος αὐτοῦ εὖ δοῦλε ἀγαθὲ καὶ πιστέ ἐπὶ ὀλίγα G3641 ἦς πιστός ἐπὶ πολλῶν σε καταστήσω εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:23 - ἔφη αὐτῷ κύριος αὐτοῦ εὖ δοῦλε ἀγαθὲ καὶ πιστέ ἐπὶ ὀλίγα G3641 ἦς πιστός ἐπὶ πολλῶν σε καταστήσω εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:19 - καὶ προβὰς ὀλίγον G3641 εἶδεν Ἰάκωβον τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου καὶ Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ καταρτίζοντας τὰ δίκτυα
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:5 - καὶ οὐκ ἐδύνατο ἐκεῖ ποιῆσαι οὐδεμίαν δύναμιν εἰ μὴ ὀλίγοις G3641 ἀρρώστοις ἐπιθεὶς τὰς χεῖρας ἐθεράπευσεν
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:31 - καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς δεῦτε ὑμεῖς αὐτοὶ κατ᾽ ἰδίαν εἰς ἔρημον τόπον καὶ ἀναπαύσασθε ὀλίγον G3641 ἦσαν γὰρ οἱ ἐρχόμενοι καὶ οἱ ὑπάγοντες πολλοί καὶ οὐδὲ φαγεῖν εὐκαίρουν
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:7 - καὶ εἶχον ἰχθύδια ὀλίγα G3641 καὶ εὐλογήσας αὐτὰ εἶπεν καὶ ταῦτα παρατιθέναι
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:3 - ἐμβὰς δὲ εἰς ἓν τῶν πλοίων ἦν Σίμωνος ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἐπαναγαγεῖν ὀλίγον G3641 καθίσας δὲ ἐκ τοῦ πλοίου ἐδίδασκεν τοὺς ὄχλους
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:47 - οὗ χάριν λέγω σοι ἀφέωνται αἱ ἁμαρτίαι αὐτῆς αἱ πολλαί ὅτι ἠγάπησεν πολύ δὲ ὀλίγον G3641 ἀφίεται ὀλίγον G3641 ἀγαπᾷ
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:2 - ἔλεγεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι G3641 δεήθητε οὖν τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ ὅπως ἐργάτας ἐκβάλῃ εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:48 - δὲ μὴ γνούς ποιήσας δὲ ἄξια πληγῶν δαρήσεται ὀλίγας G3641 παντὶ δὲ ἐδόθη πολύ πολὺ ζητηθήσεται παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ παρέθεντο πολύ περισσότερον αἰτήσουσιν αὐτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:23 - εἶπεν δέ τις αὐτῷ κύριε εἰ ὀλίγοι G3641 οἱ σῳζόμενοι δὲ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:18 - γενομένης δὲ ἡμέρας ἦν τάραχος οὐκ ὀλίγος G3641 ἐν τοῖς στρατιώταις τί ἄρα Πέτρος ἐγένετο
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:28 - διέτριβον δὲ χρόνον οὐκ ὀλίγον G3641 σὺν τοῖς μαθηταῖς
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:2 - γενομένης δὲ στάσεως καὶ ζητήσεως οὐκ ὀλίγης G3641 τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Βαρναβᾷ πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἔταξαν ἀναβαίνειν Παῦλον καὶ Βαρναβᾶν καί τινας ἄλλους ἐξ αὐτῶν πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους καὶ πρεσβυτέρους εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ περὶ τοῦ ζητήματος τούτου
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:4 - καί τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐπείσθησαν καὶ προσεκληρώθησαν τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ τῷ Σιλᾷ τῶν τε σεβομένων Ἑλλήνων πλῆθος πολὺ γυναικῶν τε τῶν πρώτων οὐκ ὀλίγαι G3641
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:12 - πολλοὶ μὲν οὖν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἐπίστευσαν καὶ τῶν Ἑλληνίδων γυναικῶν τῶν εὐσχημόνων καὶ ἀνδρῶν οὐκ ὀλίγοι G3641
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:23 - ἐγένετο δὲ κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν ἐκεῖνον τάραχος οὐκ ὀλίγος G3641 περὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:24 - Δημήτριος γάρ τις ὀνόματι ἀργυροκόπος ποιῶν ναοὺς ἀργυροῦς Ἀρτέμιδος παρείχετο τοῖς τεχνίταις οὐκ ὀλίγην G3641 ἐργασίαν
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:28 - δὲ Ἀγρίππας πρὸς τὸν Παῦλον ἐν ὀλίγῳ G3641 με πείθεις Χριστιανὸν ποιῆσαι
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:29 - δὲ Παῦλος εὐξαίμην ἂν τῷ θεῷ καὶ ἐν ὀλίγῳ G3641 καὶ ἐν μεγάλῳ οὐ μόνον σὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντάς μου σήμερον γενέσθαι τοιούτους ὁποῖος καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι παρεκτὸς τῶν δεσμῶν τούτων
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:20 - μήτε δὲ ἡλίου μήτε ἄστρων ἐπιφαινόντων ἐπὶ πλείονας ἡμέρας χειμῶνός τε οὐκ ὀλίγου G3641 ἐπικειμένου λοιπὸν περιῃρεῖτο ἐλπὶς πᾶσα τοῦ σῴζεσθαι ἡμᾶς
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:15 - καθὼς γέγραπται τὸ πολὺ οὐκ ἐπλεόνασεν καὶ τὸ ὀλίγον G3641 οὐκ ἠλαττόνησεν
Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:3 - ὅτι κατὰ ἀποκάλυψιν ἐγνωρίσθη μοι τὸ μυστήριον καθὼς προέγραψα ἐν ὀλίγῳ G3641
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:8 - γὰρ σωματικὴ γυμνασία πρὸς ὀλίγον G3641 ἐστὶν ὠφέλιμος δὲ εὐσέβεια πρὸς πάντα ὠφέλιμός ἐστιν ἐπαγγελίαν ἔχουσα ζωῆς τῆς νῦν καὶ τῆς μελλούσης
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:23 - μηκέτι ὑδροπότει ἀλλὰ οἴνῳ ὀλίγῳ G3641 χρῶ διὰ τὸν στόμαχον καὶ τὰς πυκνάς σου ἀσθενείας
Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:10 - οἱ μὲν γὰρ πρὸς ὀλίγας G3641 ἡμέρας κατὰ τὸ δοκοῦν αὐτοῖς ἐπαίδευον δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ συμφέρον εἰς τὸ μεταλαβεῖν τῆς ἁγιότητος αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:14 - οἵτινες οὐκ ἐπίστασθε τὸ τῆς αὔριον ποία ζωὴ ὑμῶν ἀτμὶς γάρ ἐστε πρὸς ὀλίγον G3641 φαινομένη ἔπειτα καὶ ἀφανιζομένη
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 1:6 - ἐν ἀγαλλιᾶσθε ὀλίγον G3641 ἄρτι εἰ δέον ἐστὶν λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:20 - ἀπειθήσασίν ποτε ὅτε ἀπεξεδέχετο τοῦ θεοῦ μακροθυμία ἐν ἡμέραις Νῶε κατασκευαζομένης κιβωτοῦ εἰς ἣν ὀλίγοι G3641 τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν ὀκτὼ ψυχαί διεσώθησαν δι᾽ ὕδατος
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:10 - δὲ θεὸς πάσης χάριτος καλέσας ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν αἰώνιον αὐτοῦ δόξαν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ὀλίγον G3641 παθόντας αὐτὸς καταρτίσει στηρίξει σθενώσει θεμελιώσει
Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 5:12 - διὰ Σιλουανοῦ ὑμῖν τοῦ πιστοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ὡς λογίζομαι δι᾽ ὀλίγων G3641 ἔγραψα παρακαλῶν καὶ ἐπιμαρτυρῶν ταύτην εἶναι ἀληθῆ χάριν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς ἣν στῆτε
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:18 - ὑπέρογκα γὰρ ματαιότητος φθεγγόμενοι δελεάζουσιν ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις σαρκὸς ἀσελγείαις τοὺς ὀλίγως ἀποφεύγοντας τοὺς ἐν πλάνῃ ἀναστρεφομένους
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:14 - ἀλλ᾽ ἔχω κατὰ σοῦ ὀλίγα G3641 ὅτι ἔχεις ἐκεῖ κρατοῦντας τὴν διδαχὴν Βαλαάμ ὃς ἐδίδασκεν τῷ Βαλὰκ βαλεῖν σκάνδαλον ἐνώπιον τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ φαγεῖν εἰδωλόθυτα καὶ πορνεῦσαι
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:4 - ἀλλὰ ἔχεις ὀλίγα G3641 ὀνόματα ἐν Σάρδεσιν οὐκ ἐμόλυναν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν καὶ περιπατήσουσιν μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐν λευκοῖς ὅτι ἄξιοί εἰσιν
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:12 - διὰ τοῦτο εὐφραίνεσθε οἱ οὐρανοὶ καὶ οἱ ἐν αὐτοῖς σκηνοῦντες οὐαὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν ὅτι κατέβη διάβολος πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔχων θυμὸν μέγαν εἰδὼς ὅτι ὀλίγον G3641 καιρὸν ἔχει
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:10 - (MGNT 17:9)καὶ βασιλεῖς ἑπτά εἰσιν (17:10)οἱ πέντε ἔπεσαν εἷς ἔστιν ἄλλος οὔπω ἦλθεν καὶ ὅταν ἔλθῃ ὀλίγον G3641 αὐτὸν δεῖ μεῖναι
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