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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

used of number quantity, and size, denotes "few, little, small, slight," e.g., Matthew 7:14; 9:37; 15:34; 20:16; neuter plural, "a few things," Matthew 25:21,23; Revelation 2:14 (20 in some mss.); in Ephesians 3:3 , the phrase en oligo, in brief, is translated "in a few words."

denotes (a) "short," in regard to time, e.g., Hebrews 2:7; or distance, Acts 27:28; (b) "few," in regard to quantity, Hebrews 13:22 , in the phrase dia bracheon, lit., "by means of few," i.e., "in few words." See LITTLE.

Note: In Luke 10:42 , in the Lord's words to Martha, many ancient authorities provide the rendering, "but there is need of few things (neuter plural) or one."

"concisely, briefly, cut short" (from suntemno, "to cut in pieces," sun, used intensively, temno, "to cut"), occurs in the speech of Tertullus, Acts 24:4 .