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Lexicon :: Strong's G1024 - brachys

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βραχύς
Transliteration
brachys (Key)
Pronunciation
brakh-ooce'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Strong’s Definitions

βραχύς brachýs, brakh-ooce'; of uncertain affinity; short (of time, place, quantity, or number):—few words, little (space, while).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G1024 in the following manner: a little (4x), a little space (1x), a little while (1x), few words (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G1024 in the following manner: a little (4x), a little space (1x), a little while (1x), few words (1x).

  1. short, small, little

    1. of place, a short distance, a little

    2. of time, a short time, for a little while

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βραχύς brachýs, brakh-ooce'; of uncertain affinity; short (of time, place, quantity, or number):—few words, little (space, while).
STRONGS G1024:
βραχύς, -εῖα, -ύ, short, small, little, (from Pindar, Herodotus, Thucydides down);
a. of place; neuter βραχύ adverbially, a short distance, a little: Acts 27:28 (2 Samuel 16:1; Thucydides 1, 63).
b. of time; βραχύ τι a short time, for a little while: Hebrews 2:7, 9, (where the writer transfers to time what the Sept. in Psalm 8:6 says of rank); Acts 5:34 [here L T Tr WH omit τι]; μετὰ βραχύ shortly after, Luke 22:58.
c. of quantity and measure; βραχύ τι [Tr text WH omits; L Tr marginal reading brackets τι] some little part, a little: John 6:7 (βραχύ τι τοῦ μέλιτος, 1 Samuel 14:29; ἔλαιον βραχύ, Josephus, Antiquities 9, 4, 2; βραχύτατος λιβανωτός, Philo de vict. off. § 4); διὰ βραχέων in few namely, words, briefly, Hebrews 13:22 (so [Plato, Demosthenes, others (cf. Bleek on Hebrews, the passage cited)] Josephus, b. j. 4, 5, 4; ἐν βραχυτάτῳ δηλοῦν to show very briefly, Xenophon, Cyril 1, 2, 15).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Samuel
14:29
2 Samuel
16:1
Psalms
8:6
Luke
22:58
John
6:7
Acts
5:34; 27:28
Hebrews
2:7; 2:9; 13:22

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1024 matches the Greek βραχύς (brachys),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:22 - “And they will judge the people at all times. And it will be that every major matter they will bring to you, but every minor matter they themselves will judge. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - “And you shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, ‘My father was a [fn]wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and [fn]sojourned there, few in number; but there he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - “Then you shall remain few in number, whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you did not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:29 - Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. See now, how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:43 -

Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” So Jonathan told him and said, “I indeed tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am; I must die!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 -

Now David had passed a little beyond the summit, and behold, Ziba the young man of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, one hundred clusters of raisins, one hundred summer fruits, and a jug of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:36 - “Your servant would merely pass over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king compensate me with this reward?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:5 -

Yet You have made him a little lower than the [fn]angels,

And You crown him with glory and majesty!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:17 -

If Yahweh had not been my help,

My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12 -

When they were only a few men in number,

Of little account, and sojourners in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:87

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:87 -

They almost made an end of me on the earth,

But as for me, I did not forsake Your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:17 -

“Because of the iniquity of his greedy gain I was angry and struck him;

I hid My face and was angry,

And he went on turning away, in the way of his heart.

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