ὈΛΙΓΗΣ, ὀλιγης
OLIGĒS, oligēs
Sounds Like: o-LEE-gays
Translations: (of) little, (of) small, (of) few, (of) a little, (of) a small, (of) a few
From the root: ΟΛΙΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something as being small in quantity, number, or degree. It can refer to a small amount of something, a few people, or a short duration of time. It is often used to indicate scarcity or insufficiency.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3641 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 7:329
Josephus' The Jewish War
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 15:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΛΙΓΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ὈΛΙΓΗΝ — little, a little, small, few, a few
- ὈΛΙΓΌΩ — to make little, to make small, to diminish, to lessen, to be little, to be small, to be diminished, to be lessened
- ὈΛΙΓΟΥΣ — few, a few, little, a little
- ὈΛΙΓΩΤΕΡΟΙ — fewer, less, a fewer, a less
- ὈΛΙΓΩΤΕΡΟΙΣ — (to) fewer, (to) less, (to) a smaller number
- ΟΛΙΓ — little, few, small, a little, a few
- ΟΛΙΓΑ — few, little, small, a few things
- ΟΛΙΓΑΣ — few, a few, little, a little, small, a small
- ΟΛΙΓΗ — little, a little, small, few, a few, short, a short time
- ΟΛΙΓΗΝ — little, a little, small, a small, few, a few
- ΟΛΙΓΗΣ — of little, of small, of a little, of a small, of few, of a few
- ΟΛΙΓΟΙ — few, a few, little
- ΟΛΙΓΟΙΣ — to few, to a few, with few, with a few, by few, by a few
- ΟΛΙΓΟΝ — little, a little, small, few, a few, for a little while, briefly, short, a short time
- ΟΛΙΓΟΣ — little, few, small, short, a little, a few
- ΟΛΙΓΟΣΤΟΝ — least, smallest, very little, a very little
- ΟΛΙΓΟΣΤΟΥΣ — fewest, very few, a very few
- ΟΛΙΓΟΥ — of little, of few, a little, few, a short time, almost, nearly
- ΟΛΙΓΟΥΣ — few, a few, little, a little, small, a small
- ΟΛΙΓΩ — to a few, to a little, with a little, by a little, a little
- ΟΛΙΓΩΕΙΣ — you are of little faith, you have little faith, you are faithless, you are unbelieving
- ΟΛΙΓΩΝ — of few, of a few, of little, of a little
- ΟΛΙΓΩΣ — scarcely, hardly, a little, slightly, few, briefly
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