Molis μόλις
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| μόλις | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | molis |
| Strong's number | G3433 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Gloss | hardly |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Acts (4) |
Molis (Greek μόλις, Strong's G3433) is a Greek adverb meaning “hardly”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the New Testament.
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)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | scarce (2), scarcely (2), hardly (1), work (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | difficulty (1), rarely (1), it is hard (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Molis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Acts
- Acts 14:18And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to 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;After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
- Acts 27:8And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea.After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
- Acts 27:16And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.
Romans
- Romans 5:7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
1 Peter
- 1 Peter 4:18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
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).