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Lexicon :: Strong's G3433 - molis

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μόλις
Transliteration
molis (Key)
Pronunciation
mol'-is
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably by var. for μόγις (G3425)
mGNT
6x in 1 unique form(s) TR
6x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:735,606

Strong’s Definitions

μόλις mólis, mol'-is; probably by variation for G3425; with difficulty:—hardly, scarce(-ly), + with much work.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G3433 in the following manner: scarce (2x), scarcely (2x), hardly (1x), have much work (with G2480) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G3433 in the following manner: scarce (2x), scarcely (2x), hardly (1x), have much work (with G2480) (1x).

  1. with difficulty, hardly

  2. not easily, i.e. scarcely, very rarely

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μόλις mólis, mol'-is; probably by variation for G3425; with difficulty:—hardly, scarce(-ly), + with much work.
STRONGS G3433:
μόλις (μολος toil); an adverb used by post-Homeric writings indiscriminately with μόγις;
a. with difficulty, hardly (cf. Wis. 9:16, where μετά πόνου corresponds to it in the parallel member): (Luke 9:39 Tr marginal reading WH (others μόγις, which see)); Acts 14:18; Acts 27:7f, 16; 1 Peter 4:18.
b. not easily, i. e. scarcely, very rarely: Romans 5:7.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
9:39
Acts
14:18; 27:7; 27:16
Romans
5:7
1 Peter
4:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3433 matches the Greek μόλις (molis),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:18 - Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:7 - We made slow headway for many days and had difficulty arriving off Cnidus. When the wind did not allow us to hold our course, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:8 - We moved along the coast with difficulty and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:16 - As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:7 - Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 4:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 4:18 - And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”[fn]
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