ὈΛΙΓΩΣ, ὀλιγως
OLIGŌS, oligōs
Sounds Like: oh-li-GOHS
Translations: little, few, scarcely, hardly, slightly, a little
From the root: ὈΛΙΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word is an adverb meaning 'little' or 'few'. It describes the quantity or degree of something, indicating a small amount or a limited extent. It can be used to modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, showing that an action is done to a small degree or that a quality is present only slightly.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G3640 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Peter — 2:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ὈΛΙΓΟΣ.
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.
- ὈΛΙΓΑ — few, a few, little, a little
- ὈΛΙΓΑΙ — few, a few
- ὈΛΙΓΑΙΣ — few, a few, little, a little
- ὈΛΙΓΑΣ — few, a few, little
- ὈΛΙΓΑΣΟ — unknown
- ὈΛΙΓΗ — little, a little, few, a few, small, a small
- ὈΛΙΓΟΙ — few, a few, little, small
- ὈΛΙΓΟΙΣ — to few, for few, with few, by few, to little, for little, with little, by little
- ὈΛΙΓΟΝ — little, a little, few, a few, small, a small amount, short, a short time, briefly
- ὈΛΙΓΟΝΩΣ — scarcely, slightly, a little, hardly
- ὈΛΙΓΟΣ — little, few, small
- ὈΛΙΓΟΣΤΟΣ — smallest, least, fewest, a smallest, a least, a fewest
- ὈΛΙΓΟΣΤΩ — (to) fewest, (to) very few, (to) a very small number
- ὈΛΙΓΟΥ — of little, of few, a little, few, almost, nearly, a short time, a little while
- ὈΛΙΓΩΝ — of few, of little
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.