ΟΛΙΓ, ολιγ
OLIG, olig
Sounds Like: OH-lee-gos
Translations: little, few, small, a little, a few
From the root: ΟΛΙΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'little' or 'few'. It describes a small quantity or number of something. It can be used to indicate a short duration of time or a small degree of something. The provided word 'ΟΛΙΓ' is likely an abbreviation or a truncated form of the full word 'ΟΛΙΓΟΣ' (oligos), which is the masculine nominative singular form, or it could be part of a compound word like 'ΟΛΙΓΟΣΤΟΣ' (oligostos), meaning 'few in number'. Given the example usage, it appears to be used in the context of 'few in number'.
Inflection: This form 'ΟΛΙΓ' is likely a truncated or abbreviated form of the root adjective. The full word 'ΟΛΙΓΟΣ' inflects for gender (masculine, feminine, neuter), number (singular, plural), and case (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative). For example, 'ΟΛΙΓΟΣ' is masculine nominative singular, 'ΟΛΙΓΗ' is feminine nominative singular, and 'ΟΛΙΓΟΝ' is neuter nominative/accusative singular.
Strong’s number: G3641 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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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
- ὈΛΙΓΗΣ — (of) little, (of) small, (of) few, (of) a little, (of) a small, (of) 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
- 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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