G1024: βραχύς
brachýs · “little”
Definition
short (of time, place, quantity, or number)
KJV translates it as: few words, little (space, while)
Word origin: of uncertain affinity;
Extended definition
[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.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G1024 is translated
- a little ×4
- little piece ×1
- for a short ×1
- few words ×1
Bible verses with G1024 (brachýs)
Brachýs appears in 7 verses.
- Luke 22:58
And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
- John 6:7
Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
- Acts 5:34
Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
- Acts 27:28
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
- Hebrews 2:7
Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
- Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
- Hebrews 13:22
And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.