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Lexicon :: Strong's G1024 - brachys

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βραχύς
Transliteration
brachys (Key)
Pronunciation
brakh-ooce'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Strong’s Definitions

βραχύς brachýs, brakh-ooce'; of uncertain affinity; short (of time, place, quantity, or number):—few words, little (space, while).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G1024 in the following manner: a little (4x), a little space (1x), a little while (1x), few words (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G1024 in the following manner: a little (4x), a little space (1x), a little while (1x), few words (1x).

  1. short, small, little

    1. of place, a short distance, a little

    2. of time, a short time, for a little while

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βραχύς brachýs, brakh-ooce'; of uncertain affinity; short (of time, place, quantity, or number):—few words, little (space, while).
STRONGS G1024:
βραχύς, -εῖα, -ύ, short, small, little, (from Pindar, Herodotus, Thucydides down);
a. of place; neuter βραχύ adverbially, a short distance, a little: Acts 27:28 (2 Samuel 16:1; Thucydides 1, 63).
b. of time; βραχύ τι a short time, for a little while: Hebrews 2:7, 9, (where the writer transfers to time what the Sept. in Psalm 8:6 says of rank); Acts 5:34 [here L T Tr WH omit τι]; μετὰ βραχύ shortly after, Luke 22:58.
c. of quantity and measure; βραχύ τι [Tr text WH omits; L Tr marginal reading brackets τι] some little part, a little: John 6:7 (βραχύ τι τοῦ μέλιτος, 1 Samuel 14:29; ἔλαιον βραχύ, Josephus, Antiquities 9, 4, 2; βραχύτατος λιβανωτός, Philo de vict. off. § 4); διὰ βραχέων in few namely, words, briefly, Hebrews 13:22 (so [Plato, Demosthenes, others (cf. Bleek on Hebrews, the passage cited)] Josephus, b. j. 4, 5, 4; ἐν βραχυτάτῳ δηλοῦν to show very briefly, Xenophon, Cyril 1, 2, 15).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Samuel
14:29
2 Samuel
16:1
Psalms
8:6
Luke
22:58
John
6:7
Acts
5:34; 27:28
Hebrews
2:7; 2:9; 13:22

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1024 matches the Greek βραχύς (brachys),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:58 - And after a short time another seeing him said, And *thou* art of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:7 - Philip answered him, Loaves for two hundred denarii are not sufficient for them, that each may have some little portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:34 - But a certain man, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honour of all the people, rose up in the council, and commanded to put the men out for a short while,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:28 - and having sounded found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther and having again sounded they found fifteen fathoms;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:7 - Thou hast made him some little inferior to the angels; thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, and hast set him over the works of thy hands;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 2:9 - but we see Jesus, who was made some little inferior to angels on account of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; so that by the grace of God he should taste death for every thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:22 - But I beseech you, brethren, bear the word of exhortation, for it is but in few words that I have written to you.
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