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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.).
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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 49 times in 45 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:52 - If there remain but a few years until the year of jubilee, he shall calculate and pay for his redemption in proportion to his years of service.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32 - And the people rose all that day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail. Those who gathered least gathered ten homers.[fn] And they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:18 - and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:56

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:56 - Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:38 - You shall carry much seed into the field and shall gather in little, for the locust shall consume it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:3 - And they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not make the whole people toil up there, for they are few.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 - Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the LORD will work for us, for nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:12 - And she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18 - Then Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - And Asa cried to the LORD his God, “O LORD, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:24 - Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army, because Judah[fn] had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - But the priests were too few and could not flay all the burnt offerings, so until other priests had consecrated themselves, their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was finished—for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in consecrating themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:12 - Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no animal with me but the one on which I rode.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:4 - The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:7 - And though your beginning was small,
your latter days will be very great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - Are not my days few?
Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:21 - His sons come to honor, and he does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:11 - Are the comforts of God too small for you,
or the word that deals gently with you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - from men by your hand, O LORD,
from men of the world whose portion is in this life.[fn]
You fill their womb with treasure;[fn]
they are satisfied with children,
and they leave their abundance to their infants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:10 - In just a little while, the wicked will be no more;
though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 - Better is the little that the righteous has
than the abundance of many wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:2 - But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,
my steps had nearly slipped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:8 - May his days be few;
may another take his office!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:14 - I am at the brink of utter ruin
in the assembled congregation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:10 - A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:29 - The LORD is far from the wicked,
but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:33 - A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - [fn] Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14 - There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 - Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench;
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7 - But he does not so intend,
and his heart does not so think;
but it is in his heart to destroy,
and to cut off nations not a few;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - And the remainder of the archers of the mighty men of the sons of Kedar will be few, for the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:6 - Therefore a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched,
and few men are left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - Correct me, O LORD, but in justice;
not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:2 - and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Let our plea for mercy come before you, and pray to the LORD your God for us, for all this remnant—because we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - And those who escape the sword shall return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who came to the land of Egypt to live, shall know whose word will stand, mine or theirs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:3 - And you shall take from these a small number and bind them in the skirts of your robe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23 - And from the time that an alliance is made with him he shall act deceitfully, and he shall become strong with a small people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:9 - You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:15 - And I am exceedingly angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was angry but a little, they furthered the disaster.
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