little

Greek Adjective

βραχύς, -εῖα, -ύ, [in LXX chiefly for מְעַט;] short; (a) of time; short, little: βραχύ, Act.5:34; μετὰ β, Luk.22:58; β. τι, a short time, Heb.2:7, 9 RV, mg; (b) of distance: Act.27:28; (with) of quantity or value, little, few: Jhn.6:7, Heb.2:7, 9 RV, txt; pl, διὰ βραχέων, in few words, Heb.13:22. (AS)

little

Greek Adjective

βρᾰχύς, εῖα (Ionic dialect έα [Refs 5th c.BC+], ύ, dative plural βραχέοις [Refs]:—short, 1) of Space and Time, β. οἶμος, ὁδός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [αἰών] probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῦθος, λόγος, [Refs]; ἐν βραχεῖ (Ionic dialect βραχέϊ) in a short time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βραχὺ τῃδὶ μεταστῶμεν for a moment, [Refs]; of distance, β. ἀπόδοσις short return in ballplay, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸ βραχέος lamb.[Refs]: comparative, ἡ φάλαγξ -υτέρα ἐγένετο ἀναδιπλουμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb βραχέως, [πολέμους] ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλους ἐπιφέρειν scantily, seldom, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) of Size, short, small, μορφάν β. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βραχὺς ἐξικέσθαι θεῶν ἕδραν too puny to reach,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. τεῖχος a low wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βραχύ μοι στόμα πάντ᾽ ἀναγήσασθαι my mouth is too small to, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ β. προϊών little by little, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρὰ βραχύ scarcely, hardly, φυγεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁλὸς βραχύ a small quantity of salt, Bilabel Ὀψαρτ.[Refs] 3) of Number, few, ἐν βραχεῖ in few words, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so διὰ βραχέων in few words, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb βραχέως, ἀπολογεῖσθαι briefly, in few words, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) of Value or Importance, of persons, humble, insignificant, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, petty, trifling, ἀρχὴ β. ἐλπίδος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. τις ἀσάφεια a slight obscurity, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; λυπεῖν τινὰ βραχύ, opposed to μέγ᾽ εὑρεῖν κέρδος, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, βραχὺ φροντίζειν τινός think lightly of, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 5) short, of vowels or syllables, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ β. προσῳδία the sign?~X, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (Cf. Avest. m[schwa]r[schwa]zu- 'short', Gothic gamaurgjan 'shorten', Latin brevis.)

Greek

Adjective

short (of time, place, quantity, or number); few words, little (space, while); of uncertain affinity