βραχύς, -εῖα, -ύ,
[in LXX chiefly for מְעַט;]
short;
(a) of time; short, little: βραχύ, Ac 5:34; μετὰ β., Lk 22:58; β. τι, a short time, He 2:7, 9 RV, mg.;
(b) of distance: Ac 27:28;
(c) of quantity or value, little, few: Jo 6:7, He 2:7, 9 RV, txt.; pl., διὰ βραχέων, in few words, He 13:22.†