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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3433 - μόλις

Transliteration

mólis

Phonetics

mol'-is

Origin

probably by var. for (G3425)

Parts of Speech

adverb

TDNT

4:735,606

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

with difficulty, hardly
not easily, i.e. scarcely, very rarely

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Acts 4

Romans 1

1 Peter 1

BSB (3)

Acts 4

Romans 1

1 Peter 1

CSB (6)

Acts 4

Romans 1

1 Peter 1

ESV (4)

Acts 4

Romans 1

1 Peter 1

KJV (6)

Acts 4

Romans 1

1 Peter 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (9)

Luke 3

Acts 4

Romans 1

1 Peter 1

N95 (8)

Luke 2

Acts 4

Romans 1

1 Peter 1

NAS (10)

Luke 2

Acts 4

Romans 1

1 Peter 1

NLT (5)

Acts 4

1 Peter 1

WEB (6)

Acts 4

Romans 1

1 Peter 1

YLT (6)

Acts 4

Romans 1

1 Peter 1

ASV (6)

difficulty 1

is scarcely 1

scarce 1

scarcely 1

with difficulty 2

BSB (3)

it is hard for 1

rarely 1

with difficulty 1

CSB (6)

barely 2

difficulty 2

rarely 1

with difficulty 1

ESV (4)

difficulty 1

scarcely 3

KJV (6)

hardly 1

much 1

scarce 2

scarcely 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (9)

difficulty 5

hardly 1

only 1

scarcely 1

with 1

N95 (8)

difficulty 5

hardly 1

only 1

scarcely 1

NAS (10)

difficulty 6

hardly 1

only 1

with 2

NLT (5)

barely 1

difficulty 3

scarcely 1

WEB (6)

difficulty 2

hardly 2

it is hard 1

with difficulty 1

YLT (6)

hardly 1

man is scarcely 1

scarcely 2

we were hardly 1

with difficulty 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

ADV 6

ANT

ADV 6

BEZ

ADV 6

BGB

ADV 6

BMT

ADV 6

BYZ

ADV 6

ELZ

ADV 6

NA26

D 6

SBL

ADV 6

SCV

ADV 6

STV

ADV 6

TIS

ADV 6

TRG

ADV 6

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μόλῐς,

Adv., post- Hom. synonym of μόγις, prevailing in Trag., Com., and Att. prose, though in Pl. and later prose μόγις was preferred (in A. the Laur. Ms. gives each form twice, the same Ms. of S. μόλις always); μ. μέν, ἀλλ' ὅμως ἠνεσχόμην Ar. Nu. 1363, cf. S. Ant. 290, 1105, El. 575, Ph. 329; ζῶντι καὶ μάλα μ. nay, only just alive, Pl. Tht. 142b (cod. W μόγις) ; μ. καὶ ἠρέμα πάσχειν scarcely at all.., Arist. Metaph. 1019a31 (cod. Ab μόγις) ; ἢ ὅλως οὐκ ἔστιν ἢ μ. Id. Ph. 217b32; μ. πάνυ Eub. 30; πάνυ μ. Philem. 88.8: with a neg., οὐ μ. not scarcely, i.e. quite, utterly, ἀπώλεσας οὐ μ. A. Ag. 1082; θυραῖος ἔστω πόλεμος, οὐ μ. παρών Id. Eu. 864 (where Sch. explains οὐ μ. by οὐ μακράν, but the sense is dub.); θέλουσαν οὐ μ. καλεῖς E. Hel. 334 (lyr.).

Thayer's Expanded Definition

μόλις (μολος toil); an adverb used by post-Homeric writings indiscriminately with μόγις;

a. with difficulty, hardly (cf. Wis. 9:16, where μετά πόνου corresponds to it in the parallel member): (Luke 9:39 Tr marginal reading WH (others μόγις, which see)); Acts 14:18; Acts 27:7f, 16; 1 Peter 4:18.

b. not easily, i. e. scarcely, very rarely: Romans 5:7.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μόλις ,

adv.

(<μόλος , toil),

post-Hom. alternative for μόγις ,

[in LXX: Proverbs 11:31, Wisdom of Solomon 9:16, al.;]

with difficulty, hardly, scarcely: Luke 9:39 (T, μόγις ), Acts 14:8; Acts 27:7-8; Acts 27:16, Romans 5:7, 1 Peter 4:18 (LXX).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

μόγις μολις μόλις mogis mógis molis mólis