Lexicon :: Strong's G3641 - oligos

So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel, and they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

“If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, he will calculate and pay the price of his redemption in proportion to his remaining years.

The people were up all that day and night and all the next day gathering the quail ​— ​the one who took the least gathered sixty bushels[fn] ​— ​and they spread them out all around the camp.[fn]

“See what the land is like, and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.

“Each inheritance will be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”

“The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors[fn] among the nations where the LORD your God will drive you.

“You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because locusts will devour it.

After returning to Joshua they reported to him, “Don’t send all the people, but send about two thousand or three thousand[fn] men to attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, don’t wear out all our people there.”

Jonathan said to the attendant who carried his weapons, “Come on, let’s cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will help us. Nothing can keep the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”

So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup and let me drink.”

But she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I don’t have anything baked ​— ​only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”

Then Jehu brought all the people together and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God, “LORD, there is no one besides you to help the mighty and those without strength. Help us, LORD our God, for we depend on you, and in your name we have come against this large army. LORD, you are our God. Do not let a mere mortal hinder you.”

Although the Aramean army came with only a few men, the LORD handed over a vast army to them because the people of Judah had abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors. So they executed judgment on Joash.

However, since there were not enough priests, they weren’t able to skin all the burnt offerings, so their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests consecrated themselves. For the Levites were more conscientious[fn] to consecrate themselves than the priests were.

I got up at night and took a few men with me. I didn’t tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal I took[fn] was the one I was riding.

The city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and no houses had been built yet.

Then, even if your beginnings were modest,

your final days will be full of prosperity.

“Are my days not few? Stop it![fn]

Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little

If his sons receive honor, he does not know it;

if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.

Are God’s consolations not enough for you,

even the words that deal gently with you?

With your hand, LORD, save me from men,

from men of the world

whose portion is in this life:

You fill their bellies with what you have in store;

their sons are satisfied,

and they leave their surplus to their children.

A little while, and the wicked person will be no more;

though you look for him, he will not be there.

The little that the righteous person has is better

than the abundance of many wicked people.

But as for me, my feet almost slipped;

my steps nearly went astray.

Let his days be few;

let another take over his position.

“I am on the verge of complete ruin

before the entire community.”

A little sleep, a little slumber,

a little folding of the arms to rest,

The LORD is far from the wicked,

but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

a little sleep, a little slumber,

a little folding of the arms to rest,

Do not be hasty to speak, and do not be impulsive to make a speech before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.

There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.

Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil ferment and stink;

so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

But this is not what he intends;

this is not what he plans.

It is his intent to destroy

and to cut off many nations.

“The remaining Kedarite archers will be few in number.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

Therefore a curse has consumed the earth,

and its inhabitants have become guilty;

the earth’s inhabitants have been burned,

and only a few survive.

Discipline me, LORD, but with justice —

not in your anger,

or you will reduce me to nothing.

the prophet Jeremiah and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on our behalf, on behalf of this entire remnant (for few of us remain out of the many, as you can see with your own eyes),

Those who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah only few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah, the ones going to the land of Egypt to stay there for a while, will know whose word stands, mine or theirs!

“But you are to take a few strands from the hair and secure them in the folds of your robe.

“After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully. He will rise to power with a small nation.[fn]

“You have planted much

but harvested little.

You eat

but never have enough to be satisfied.

You drink

but never have enough to be happy.

You put on clothes

but never have enough to get warm.

The wage earner puts his wages

into a bag with a hole in it.”

“You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined[fn] it. Why? ” This is the declaration of the LORD of Armies. “Because my house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

“I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was a little angry, but they made the destruction worse.[fn]