ὀλίγος oligos

Greek word for “little/few” · Strong’s G3641 · used 40 times in 39 verses

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Meaning

ὀλίγος, -η, -ον; (on οὐχ ὁλ., see infr.);

How it is translated

Glosses given for oligos in context, with how often each is used:

• few 14
• little 11
• small 4
• little while 4
• few things 3
• little time 1
• brief 1
• few words 1
• short 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 25 (2), Mark 6 (2), Acts 17 (2), Acts 19 (2), Acts 26 (2), 1 Peter 5 (2), Matthew 7 (1), Matthew 9 (1), Matthew 15 (1), Matthew 22 (1)

Forms

• ὀλίγον 13
• ὀλίγοι 7
• ὀλίγα 6
• ὀλίγῳ 4
• ὀλίγας 2
• ὀλίγος 2
• ὀλίγοις 1
• ὀλίγης 1
• ὀλίγαι 1
• ὀλίγην 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with oligos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• πολύς polus “much” 11
• ἰχθύδιον ichthudion “little fish” 2
• τάραχος tarachos “disturbance” 2
• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 4
• μέν men “on the other hand” 4
• εὖ eu “well/well done!” 2
• κατά kata “according to” 5
• πιστός pistos “faithful” 3
• θερισμός therismos “harvest” 2
• καταρτίζω katartizō “to complete” 2
• ἐργάτης ergatēs “worker” 2
• ζωή zōē “life” 3

Key verses

The verses using oligos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 25:21 — His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter…
• Luke 7:47 — Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
• Luke 10:2 — Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth…
• Acts 17:4 — And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
• 1 Timothy 4:8 — For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
• Hebrews 12:10 — For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
• 1 Peter 1:6 — Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
• 1 Peter 3:20 — Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight…
• 1 Peter 5:10 — But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish,…
• 1 Peter 5:12 — By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
• Revelation 2:14 — But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the…
• Revelation 3:4 — Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.