Brachus βραχύς
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| βραχύς | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | brachus |
| Strong's number | G1024 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | little |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Hebrews (3) |
Brachus (Greek βραχύς, Strong's G1024) is a Greek adjective meaning “little”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the New Testament.
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)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | little (3), while (1), space (1), further (1), words (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | short time (2), small (1), little farther (1), briefly (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Brachus, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Luke
- Luke 22:58And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.A short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”
John
- John 6:7Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
Acts
- 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;But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
- 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.They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
Hebrews
- 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:You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
- 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.But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
- Hebrews 13:22And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).