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ὀλίγος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀλίγος ὀλίγη ὀλίγον

Structure: ὀλιγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Of small amount: few, little
  2. Of small size: little, small
  3. Of small degree: slight

Examples

  • καὶ ὄψεσθε τὴν γῆν, τίσ ἐστι, καὶ τὸν λαὸν τὸν ἐγκαθήμενον ἐπ’ αὐτῆσ, εἰ ἰσχυρόσ ἐστιν ἢ ἀσθενήσ, εἰ ὀλίγοι εἰσὶν ἢ πολλοί. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 13:19)
  • καὶ διασπερεῖ Κύριοσ ὑμᾶσ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ ἔθνεσι καὶ καταλειφθήσεσθε ὀλίγοι ἀριθμῷ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ ἔθνεσιν, εἰσ οὓσ εἰσάξει Κύριοσ ὑμᾶσ ἐκεῖ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 4:27)
  • καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ ἄνδρεσ καὶ κατεσκέψαντο τὴν Γαί. καὶ ἀνέστρεψαν πρὸσ Ἰησοῦν καὶ εἶπαν πρὸσ αὐτόν. μὴ ἀναβήτω πᾶσ ὁ λαόσ, ἀλλ’ ὡσεὶ δισχίλιοι ἢ τρισχίλιοι ἄνδρεσ ἀναβήτωσαν καὶ ἐκπολιορκησάτωσαν τὴν πόλιν. μὴ ἀναγάγῃσ ἐκεῖ τὸν λαὸν ἅπαντα, ὀλίγοι γάρ εἰσι. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 7:3)
  • ἀλλ’ ἢ οἱ ἱερεῖσ ἦσαν ὀλίγοι καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο ἐκδεῖραι τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν, καὶ ἀντελάβοντο αὐτῶν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν οἱ Λευῖται, ἕωσ οὗ συνετελέσθη τὸ ἔργον καὶ ἕωσ οὗ ἡγνίσθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖσ, ὅτι οἱ Λευῖται προθύμωσ ἥγνισαν παρὰ τοὺσ ἱερεῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 29:34)
  • καὶ ἀνέστην νυκτὸσ ἐγὼ καὶ ἄνδρεσ ὀλίγοι μετ’ ἐμοῦ. καὶ οὐκ ἀπήγγειλα ἀνθρώπῳ τί ὁ Θεὸσ δίδωσιν εἰσ καρδίαν μου τοῦ ποιῆσαι μετὰ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ κτῆνοσ οὐκ ἔστι μετ’ ἐμοῦ, εἰ μὴ τὸ κτῆνοσ, ᾧ ἐγὼ ἐπιβαίνω ἐπ’ αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 2:12)

Synonyms

  1. Of small amount

  2. Of small size

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