ὈΛΙΓΩΝ, ὀλιγων
OLIGŌN, oligōn
Sounds Like: o-li-GOHN
Translations: of few, of little
From the root: ὈΛΙΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'few' or 'little'. It is used to describe a small quantity or number of something. For example, it can refer to a small number of people or a small amount of time or resources.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3641 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 9:212
- Book 3 — 9:224
- Book 4 — 6:101
- Book 5 — 1:66
- Book 6 — 14:370
- Book 7 — 9:220, 10:237
- Book 9 — 9:189
- Book 12 — 6:270
- Book 14 — 15:395
- Book 15 — 5:151, 9:305, 9:307
- Book 17 — 11:317
- Book 18 — 5:128, 6:231
- Book 20 — 11:255
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 5:18
- Book Two — 13:14, 16:67, 20:5, 21:36, 21:49
- Book Three — 6:21, 9:21, 9:43, 9:46
- Book Four — 1:31, 7:17, 9:25
- Book Five — 2:41, 3:30, 11:19
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 53:1
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 22:109
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 5:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 12 — 5:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Peter — 5:12
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
- ὈΛΙΓΩΣ — little, few, scarcely, hardly, slightly, a little
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