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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 48 times in 44 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:52 - If only a few years remain until the Year of Jubilee, they are to compute that and pay for their redemption accordingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:32 - All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers.[fn] Then they spread them out all around the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:18 - See what the land is like and whether the people who live there are strong or weak, few or many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:56 - Each inheritance is to be distributed by lot among the larger and smaller groups.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:27 - The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:38 - You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little, because locusts will devour it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:3 - When they returned to Joshua, they said, “Not all the army will have to go up against Ai. Send two or three thousand men to take it and do not weary the whole army, for only a few people live there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 - Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:12 - “As surely as the LORD your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - Then Asa called to the LORD his God and said, “LORD, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. LORD, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:24 - Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hands a much larger army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their ancestors, judgment was executed on Joash.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - The priests, however, were too few to skin all the burnt offerings; so their relatives the Levites helped them until the task was finished and until other priests had been consecrated, for the Levites had been more conscientious in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:12 - I set out during the night with a few others. I had not told anyone what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no mounts with me except the one I was riding on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:4 - Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:7 - Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:20 - Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment’s joy

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:21 - If their children are honored, they do not know it; if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:11 - Are God’s consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - By your hand save me from such people, LORD, from those of this world whose reward is in this life. May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies; may their children gorge themselves on it, and may there be leftovers for their little ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:10 - A little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 - Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:2 - But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:8 - May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:14 - And I was soon in serious trouble in the assembly of God’s people.”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but as for the rich, their abundance permits them no sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14 - There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 - As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:7 - But this is not what he intends, this is not what he has in mind; his purpose is to destroy, to put an end to many nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:17 - The survivors of the archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” The LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:6 - Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - Discipline me, LORD, but only in due measure— not in your anger, or you will reduce me to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:2 - Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, “Please hear our petition and pray to the LORD your God for this entire remnant. For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few are left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:28 - Those who escape the sword and return to the land of Judah from Egypt will be very few. Then the whole remnant of Judah who came to live in Egypt will know whose word will stand—mine or theirs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:3 - But take a few hairs and tuck them away in the folds of your garment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:23 - After coming to an agreement with him, he will act deceitfully, and with only a few people he will rise to power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:9 - “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?” declares the LORD Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:15 - and I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they went too far with the punishment.’
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