ΟΛΙΓΟΙ, ολιγοι
OLIGOI, oligoi
Sounds Like: oh-LEE-goi
Translations: few, a few, little
From the root: ΟΛΙΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes a small number or quantity of something. It is used to indicate that there are not many of a particular item or group. For example, it can refer to a small number of people or a small amount of resources.
Inflection: Nominative Masculine Plural, Vocative Masculine Plural, or Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong’s number: G3641 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 4:14
Codex Sinaiticus
- 2 Esdras — 12:12
- 1 Maccabees — 3:29, 6:54, 9:9
- Ecclesiastes — 5:1, 6:11, 9:14
- Job — 14:21
- Isaiah — 24:6
- Jeremiah — 49:2, 51:28
- Matthew — 7:14, 9:37, 22:14
- Luke — 10:2, 13:23
- Acts of the Apostles — 17:12
- 1 Peter — 3:20
- Epistle of Barnabas — 4:14
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
- 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
- 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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