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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 Box Gen 29:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:52 - And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32 - And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:18 - And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:56

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:56 - According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:38 - Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; 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 unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 - And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save 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, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, 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 thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me 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 - And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:24 - For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:12 - And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:4 - Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:7 - Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:21 - His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:11 - Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:10 - For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 - A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:2 - But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:14 - I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:33

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14 - There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 - Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7 - Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:6 - Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:2 - And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:3 - Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23 - And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:9 - Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:15 - And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
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