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ὀλίγος

oligos

Adjective · Of uncertain affinity

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.

Outline

little, small, few

of number: multitude, quantity, or size
of time: short
of degree or intensity: light, slight

Usages

Matthew 7:14

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

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Matthew 9:37

Then saith he unto his disciples,

The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

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Matthew 15:34

And Jesus saith unto them,

How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

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Matthew 20:16

So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

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Matthew 22:14

For many are called, but few are chosen.

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Matthew 25:21

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

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Matthew 25:23

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

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Mark 1:19

And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

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Mark 6:5

And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

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Mark 6:31

And he said unto them,

Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while:

for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

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Mark 8:7

And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.

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Luke 5:3

And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

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Luke 7:47

Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

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Luke 10:2

Therefore said he unto them,

The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

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Luke 12:48

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Luke 13:23

Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

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Acts 12:18

Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

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Acts 14:28

And there they abode long time with the disciples.

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Acts 15:2

When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.

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Acts 17:4

And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

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Acts 17:12

Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

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Acts 19:23

And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.

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Acts 19:24

For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen;

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Acts 26:28

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

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Acts 26:29

And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

Breakdown

Paul knew that Agrippa was an Edomite, but in this tricky situation, chose to supplant and be wise as a serpent.

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Acts 27:20

And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

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2 Corinthians 8:15

As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.

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Ephesians 3:3

How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,

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1 Timothy 4:8

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

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1 Timothy 5:23

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

Wine

Genesis 9:20-21 Proverbs 20:1 Proverbs 31:6 Ecclesiasticus 31:27 Ecclesiasticus 39:26 Matthew 11:19 John 2:1

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Hebrews 12:10

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

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James 3:5

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

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James 4:14

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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1 Peter 1:6

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

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1 Peter 3:20

Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

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1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

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1 Peter 5:12

By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

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Revelation 3:4

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

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Revelation 12:12

Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

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Revelation 17:10

And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

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five are fallen Gauls (France), Greeks, Germania Major, Germania Minor, Spain. one is Roman Empire (when this was being written on the island of Patmos, the Romans were still in power). other is not yet come Great Britain (and then America).

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