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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 Box Exo 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:22 - They should always be available to solve the people’s common disputes, but have them bring the major cases to you. Let the leaders decide the smaller matters themselves. They will help you carry the load, making the task easier for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - “You must then say in the presence of the LORD your God, ‘My ancestor Jacob was a wandering Aramean who went to live as a foreigner in Egypt. His family arrived few in number, but in Egypt they became a large and mighty nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:62

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:62 - Though you become as numerous as the stars in the sky, few of you will be left because you would not listen to the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:29 - “My father has made trouble for us all!” Jonathan exclaimed. “A command like that only hurts us. See how refreshed I am now that I have eaten this little bit of honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:43 - “Tell me what you have done,” Saul demanded of Jonathan.
“I tasted a little honey,” Jonathan admitted. “It was only a little bit on the end of my stick. Does that deserve death?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:1 - When David had gone a little beyond the summit of the Mount of Olives, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth,[fn] was waiting there for him. He had two donkeys loaded with 200 loaves of bread, 100 clusters of raisins, 100 bunches of summer fruit, and a wineskin full of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:36 - Just to go across the Jordan River with the king is all the honor I need!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:5 - Yet you made them only a little lower than God[fn]
and crowned them[fn] with glory and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:17 - Unless the LORD had helped me,
I would soon have settled in the silence of the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:12 - He said this when they were few in number,
a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:87

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:87 - They almost finished me off,
but I refused to abandon your commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:17 - I was angry,
so I punished these greedy people.
I withdrew from them,
but they kept going on their own stubborn way.
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