ὈΛΙΓΟΥ, ὀλιγου
OLIGOU, oligou
Sounds Like: o-li-GOO
Translations: of little, of few, a little, few, almost, nearly, a short time, a little while
From the root: ὈΛΙΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word is an inflected form of the adjective 'ὈΛΙΓΟΣ' (oligos), meaning 'little' or 'few'. As an adjective, 'ὈΛΙΓΟΥ' is typically the genitive singular masculine or neuter form, meaning 'of little' or 'of few'. It can also function adverbially, meaning 'almost' or 'nearly', indicating proximity in time, quantity, or degree. When used adverbially, it often implies 'a little more and then...' or 'just short of'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter; or Adverbial
Strong’s number: G3641 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:19
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 5:83
- Book 4 — 6:157
- Book 5 — 9:319, 11:352
- Book 7 — 7:159
- Book 8 — 13:328
- Book 9 — 2:27
- Book 10 — 1:17
- Book 12 — 2:13
- Book 14 — 15:397, 16:472
- Book 15 — 3:87
- Book 16 — 11:366
- Book 19 — 6:300
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 16:7, 33:6
- Book Two — 19:38, 20:25
- Book Three — 7:27
- Book Four — 2:1, 5:20, 5:45, 8:27
- Book Five — 1:25, 13:27
- Book Six — 1:43, 1:44
Justin Martyr
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 70:393
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 27:20
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
- ὈΛΙΓΩΝ — of few, of little
- ὈΛΙΓΩΣ — little, few, scarcely, hardly, slightly, a little
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