Strong G3433μόλις
hardly
- Transliteration
- molis
- Pronunciation
- mol'-is
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Probably by a variation for G3425; with difficulty: - hardly scarce (-ly) + with much work.
Detailed definition
μόλις
adv. (μόλος, toil)
post-Hom. alternative for μόγις,
[in LXX: Pro.11:31, Wis.9:16, al.;]
with difficulty, hardly, scarcely: Luk.9:39 (T, μόγις), Act.14:8 27:7-8, 16, Rom.5:7, 1Pe.4:18" (LXX).†
(AS)
adv. (μόλος, toil)
post-Hom. alternative for μόγις,
[in LXX: Pro.11:31, Wis.9:16, al.;]
with difficulty, hardly, scarcely: Luk.9:39 (T, μόγις), Act.14:8 27:7-8, 16, Rom.5:7, 1Pe.4:18" (LXX).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3433 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- scarcely2
- scarce2
- hardly1
- much1
First verses
- Acts 14:18And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
- Acts 27:7And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;
- Acts 27:8And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.
- Acts 27:16And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
- Romans 5:7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
- 1 Peter 4:18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μόλῐς,
adverb, post-[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus synonym of μόγις)], prevailing in Trag., Comedy texts, and Attic dialect prose, though in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus and later prose μόγις was preferred (in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus)] the Laur. Ms. gives each form twice, the same Ms. of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus μόλις always))]; μ. μέν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως ἠνεσχόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1363, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 290, 1105, “El.” 575, “Ph.” 329)]; ζῶντι καὶ μάλα μ. nay, only just alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 142b (codex W μόγις))]; μ. καὶ ἠρέμα πάσχειν scarcely at all.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1019a31 (codex Ab μόγις); ἢ ὅλως οὐκ ἔστιν ἢ μ. [prev. author] “Ph.” 217b32; μ. πάνυ 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 30; πάνυ μ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 88.8: with a _negative_, οὐ μ.)] not scarcely, i.e. quite, utterly, ἀπώλεσας οὐ μ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1082; θυραῖος ἔστω πόλεμος, οὐ μ. παρών [prev. author] “Eu.” 864 (where Scholia explains οὐ μ. by οὐ μακράν, but the sense is uncertain))]; θέλουσαν οὐ μ. καλεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 334 (Lyric poetry).)]
adverb, post-[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus synonym of μόγις)], prevailing in Trag., Comedy texts, and Attic dialect prose, though in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus and later prose μόγις was preferred (in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus)] the Laur. Ms. gives each form twice, the same Ms. of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus μόλις always))]; μ. μέν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως ἠνεσχόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1363, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 290, 1105, “El.” 575, “Ph.” 329)]; ζῶντι καὶ μάλα μ. nay, only just alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 142b (codex W μόγις))]; μ. καὶ ἠρέμα πάσχειν scarcely at all.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1019a31 (codex Ab μόγις); ἢ ὅλως οὐκ ἔστιν ἢ μ. [prev. author] “Ph.” 217b32; μ. πάνυ 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 30; πάνυ μ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 88.8: with a _negative_, οὐ μ.)] not scarcely, i.e. quite, utterly, ἀπώλεσας οὐ μ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1082; θυραῖος ἔστω πόλεμος, οὐ μ. παρών [prev. author] “Eu.” 864 (where Scholia explains οὐ μ. by οὐ μακράν, but the sense is uncertain))]; θέλουσαν οὐ μ. καλεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 334 (Lyric poetry).)]