ὀλίγος, -η, -ον

(on οὐχ ὁλ. see infr.), [in LXX chiefly for מָעַט ;]

of number, quantity, size, few, little, small, slight: Mat.9:37 15:34, Mrk.6:5 8:7, Luk.10:2 12:48 (sc. πληγάς, opposite to πολλάς), 1Ti.5:23, Heb.12:10, Rev.3:4 12:12; οὐκ ὀ. (in the best uncials written οὐκ ὁ.; see WH, App. 143; M, Pr. 44; Thackeray, Gr. 126 f.), Act.12:18 14:28 15:2 (with genitive part.) Act.17:4, 12 19:23-24 27:20; pl. absol. Mat.7:14 20:16 (WH, txt. RV, om.) Mat.22:14, Luk.13:23, 1Pe.3:20. Neut. sing (τὸ) ὀ.: Luk.7:47, 2Co.8:15; πρὸς ὀλίγον, 1Ti.4:8, Jas.4:14; ἐν ὀ. Act.26:28-29 (with little effort; see Page, in l); id. in brief, Eph.3:3; adverbially, ὀλίγον, of time, Mrk.6:31, 1Pe.1:6 5:10, Rev.17:10; of space, Mrk.1:19, Luk.5:3; pl. ὀλίγα, Luk.10:42, Rev.2:14; ἐπ᾽ ὀλίγα, Mat.25:21, 23; δι᾽ ὀλίγων, in few words, briefly, 1Pe.5:12 (cf. Plat. Legg. vi, 778 e).†

**ὀλίγως, adv.

(ὀλίγος), [in Aq.: Isa.10:7 * ;]

a little, almost, all but: 2Pe.2:18.†

(AS)

few; little; small; slight; in brief; in few words; briefly