Strong G1024βραχύς
little
- Transliteration
- brachus
- Pronunciation
- brakh-ooce'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Of uncertain affinity;
short (of time place quantity or number): - few words little (space while).
short (of time place quantity or number): - few words little (space while).
Detailed definition
βραχύς, -εῖα, -ύ,
[in LXX chiefly for מְעַט;]
short;
__(a) of time; short, little: βραχύ, Act.5:34; μετὰ β., Luk.22:58; β. τι, a short time, Heb.2:7, 9 RV, mg.;
__(b) of distance: Act.27:28;
__(with) of quantity or value, little, few: Jhn.6:7, Heb.2:7, 9 RV, txt.; pl., διὰ βραχέων, in few words, Heb.13:22.
† (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מְעַט;]
short;
__(a) of time; short, little: βραχύ, Act.5:34; μετὰ β., Luk.22:58; β. τι, a short time, Heb.2:7, 9 RV, mg.;
__(b) of distance: Act.27:28;
__(with) of quantity or value, little, few: Jhn.6:7, Heb.2:7, 9 RV, txt.; pl., διὰ βραχέων, in few words, Heb.13:22.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1024 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- little5
- space1
- word1
First verses
- Luke 22:58And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
- John 6:7Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
- Acts 5:34Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
- Acts 27:28And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
- Hebrews 2:7Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
- Hebrews 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
- Hebrews 13:22And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
βρᾰχύς, εῖα
(Ionic dialect έα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49))], ύ, dative plural βραχέοις [Refs (“JHS” 33.317 (Thess.): _comparative_ βραχύτερος, βραχίων (compare βράσσων): _superlative_ βραχύτατος, βράχιστος)]:—short,
1 of Space and Time, β. οἶμος, ὁδός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.248, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 718e, etc.)]; [αἰών] probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.74; βίος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46; καιρός 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 9; χρόνος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 939, “Pers.” 713, etc.)]; μῦθος, λόγος, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pr.” 505, variant in “Pers.” 713)]; ἐν βραχεῖ (Ionic dialect βραχέϊ) in a short time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.24, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217a codices; διὰ βραχέος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.83; μακρὰν συνήθειαν βραχεῖ λῦσαι χρόνῳ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 726)]; βραχὺ τῃδὶ μεταστῶμεν for a moment, [Refs ([prev. author] “Georg.” 32)]; of distance, β. ἀπόδοσις short return in ballplay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 234.6; ἐπὶ βραχὺ ἐξικνεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.17)]; πρὸ βραχέος lamb.[Refs (“VP” 25.112)]: comparative, ἡ φάλαγξ -υτέρα ἐγένετο ἀναδιπλουμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.5; τάξιν -υτέραν ἢ πρόσθεν, βαθυτέραν δὲ ποιήσαντες 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.33.10; βραχύτερα τοξεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.7.)] adverb βραχέως, [πολέμους] ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλους ἐπιφέρειν scantily, seldom, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141.)]
2 of Size, short, small, μορφάν β. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).53)]; βραχὺς ἐξικέσθαι θεῶν ἕδραν too puny to reach..,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 7(6).44; β. τεῦχος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1113, compare 757)]; β. τεῖχος a low wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.29)]; βραχύ μοι στόμα πάντ᾽ ἀναγήσασθαι my mouth is too small to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.19)]; κατὰ β. προϊών little by little, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.64, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 241c)]; παρὰ βραχύ scarcely, hardly, φυγεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.5; βραχύ τι λωφᾶν ἀπὸ νόσου καὶ πολέμου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.12)]; ἁλὸς βραχύ a small quantity of salt, Bilabel Ὀψαρτ.[Refs (p.11.)]
3 of Number, few, ἐν βραχεῖ in few words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.82, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 673; ἐν βραχίστοις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).59; ἐν βραχυτέροις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 449c)]; so διὰ βραχέων in few words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Prt.” 336a; ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι διὰ βραχυτάτων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.3, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.9, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 449c; ὡς ἐν βραχυτάτοις 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.18.)] adverb βραχέως, ἀπολογεῖσθαι briefly, in few words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.5.)]
4 of Value or Importance, of persons, humble, insignificant, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 880; τὸν μὲν ἀφ᾽ ὑψηλῶν βραχὺν ᾤκισε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 613; β. τὴν διάνοιαν 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 12.4.1)]; of things, petty, trifling, ἀρχὴ β. ἐλπίδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 121; χάρις [prev. author] “Tr.” 1217; πρόφασις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1180)]; β. τις ἀσάφεια a slight obscurity, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).304)]; λυπεῖν τινὰ βραχύ, opposed to μέγ᾽ εὑρεῖν κέρδος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1304; οὐ περὶ βραχέων βουλεύεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.78, compare 140; β. καὶ οὐδενὸς ἄξιον [prev. author] 8.76; β. κέρδους ἕνεκα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.17; οὐσία 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 10.25: _neuter_ as)] adverb, βραχὺ φροντίζειν τινός think lightly of, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 17.4.)]
5 short, of vowels or syllables, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 4b34, “Rh.” 1409a18, “Po.” 1458a15, 7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 1.1, 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 631, etc.)]; ἡ β. προσῳδία the sign ?~X, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.113)]. (Cf. Avest. m[schwa]r[schwa]zu- 'short', Gothic gamaurgjan 'shorten', Latin brevis.)
(Ionic dialect έα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49))], ύ, dative plural βραχέοις [Refs (“JHS” 33.317 (Thess.): _comparative_ βραχύτερος, βραχίων (compare βράσσων): _superlative_ βραχύτατος, βράχιστος)]:—short,
1 of Space and Time, β. οἶμος, ὁδός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.248, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 718e, etc.)]; [αἰών] probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.74; βίος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.46; καιρός 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 9; χρόνος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 939, “Pers.” 713, etc.)]; μῦθος, λόγος, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pr.” 505, variant in “Pers.” 713)]; ἐν βραχεῖ (Ionic dialect βραχέϊ) in a short time, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.24, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 217a codices; διὰ βραχέος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.83; μακρὰν συνήθειαν βραχεῖ λῦσαι χρόνῳ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 726)]; βραχὺ τῃδὶ μεταστῶμεν for a moment, [Refs ([prev. author] “Georg.” 32)]; of distance, β. ἀπόδοσις short return in ballplay, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 234.6; ἐπὶ βραχὺ ἐξικνεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.17)]; πρὸ βραχέος lamb.[Refs (“VP” 25.112)]: comparative, ἡ φάλαγξ -υτέρα ἐγένετο ἀναδιπλουμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.5; τάξιν -υτέραν ἢ πρόσθεν, βαθυτέραν δὲ ποιήσαντες 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.33.10; βραχύτερα τοξεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.3.7.)] adverb βραχέως, [πολέμους] ἐπ᾽ ἀλλήλους ἐπιφέρειν scantily, seldom, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141.)]
2 of Size, short, small, μορφάν β. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).53)]; βραχὺς ἐξικέσθαι θεῶν ἕδραν too puny to reach..,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 7(6).44; β. τεῦχος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1113, compare 757)]; β. τεῖχος a low wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.29)]; βραχύ μοι στόμα πάντ᾽ ἀναγήσασθαι my mouth is too small to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.19)]; κατὰ β. προϊών little by little, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.64, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 241c)]; παρὰ βραχύ scarcely, hardly, φυγεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.5; βραχύ τι λωφᾶν ἀπὸ νόσου καὶ πολέμου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.12)]; ἁλὸς βραχύ a small quantity of salt, Bilabel Ὀψαρτ.[Refs (p.11.)]
3 of Number, few, ἐν βραχεῖ in few words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.82, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 673; ἐν βραχίστοις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).59; ἐν βραχυτέροις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 449c)]; so διὰ βραχέων in few words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Prt.” 336a; ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι διὰ βραχυτάτων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.3, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.9, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 449c; ὡς ἐν βραχυτάτοις 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.18.)] adverb βραχέως, ἀπολογεῖσθαι briefly, in few words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.7.5.)]
4 of Value or Importance, of persons, humble, insignificant, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 880; τὸν μὲν ἀφ᾽ ὑψηλῶν βραχὺν ᾤκισε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 613; β. τὴν διάνοιαν 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 12.4.1)]; of things, petty, trifling, ἀρχὴ β. ἐλπίδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 121; χάρις [prev. author] “Tr.” 1217; πρόφασις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1180)]; β. τις ἀσάφεια a slight obscurity, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(1).304)]; λυπεῖν τινὰ βραχύ, opposed to μέγ᾽ εὑρεῖν κέρδος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1304; οὐ περὶ βραχέων βουλεύεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.78, compare 140; β. καὶ οὐδενὸς ἄξιον [prev. author] 8.76; β. κέρδους ἕνεκα 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.17; οὐσία 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 10.25: _neuter_ as)] adverb, βραχὺ φροντίζειν τινός think lightly of, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 17.4.)]
5 short, of vowels or syllables, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 4b34, “Rh.” 1409a18, “Po.” 1458a15, 7th c.AD: Hephaestio Grammaticus 1.1, 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 631, etc.)]; ἡ β. προσῳδία the sign ?~X, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.113)]. (Cf. Avest. m[schwa]r[schwa]zu- 'short', Gothic gamaurgjan 'shorten', Latin brevis.)