ὀλίγος, -η, -ον
(on οὐχ ὁλ., v. infr.), [in LXX chiefly for מְעַט;]
of number, quantity, size, few, little, small, slight: Mt 9:3715:34, Mk 6:58:7, Lk 10:212:48 (sc. πληγάς, opp. to πολλάς), I Ti 5:23, He 12:10, Re 3:412:12; οὐκ ὀ. (in the best uncials written οὐκ ὀ.; v. WH, App., 143; M, Pr., 44; Thackeray, Gr., 126 f.), Ac 12:1814:2815:2 (c. gen. part.) Ac 17:4, 1219:23, 2427:20; pl., absol., Mt 7:1420:16 (WH, txt., RV, om.) Mt 22:14, Lk 13:23, I Pe 3:20. Neut. sing. (τὸ) ὀ.: Lk 7:47, II Co 8:15; πρὸς ὀλίγον, I Ti 4:8, Ja 4:14; ἐν ὀ., Ac 26:28, 29 (with little effort; v. Page, in l.); id., in brief, Eph 3:3; adverbially, ὀλίγον, of time, Mk 6:31, I Pe 1:65:10, Re 17:10; of space, Mk 1:19, Lk 5:3; pl., ὀλίγα, Lk 10:42, Re 2:14; ἐπ’ ὀλίγα, Mt 25:21, 23; δι’ ὀλίγων, in few words, briefly, I Pe 5:12 (cf. Plat., Legg., vi, 778 e).†