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3641. oligos -- few, little, small
... few, little, small. Part of Speech: Adjective; Adverb Transliteration: oligos Phonetic
Spelling: (ol-ee'-gos) Short Definition: small, brief, few, soon ...
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1024. brachus -- short, little
... short, little. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: brachus Phonetic Spelling:
(brakh-ooce') Short Definition: short, little Definition: short, little, few ...
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2640. kataleimma -- remnant.
... Word Origin variant reading for hupoleimma, qv. remnant. From kataleipo; a remainder,
ie (by implication) a few -- remnant. see GREEK kataleipo. ...
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3640. oligopistos -- little faith
... 11:6). [3640 () is derived from 3461 ("few, small in number"), which is
the opposite of 4183 ("many in ").]. of little faith. From ...
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3643. oligoreo -- to esteem lightly
... 3643 (from 3641 , "little in " and , "concern, care") -- properly, caring
too little ("in too few places"); to esteem , (). 3643 ...
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4935. suntomos -- briefly
... briefly. Adverb from a derivative of suntemno; concisely (briefly) -- a few words.
see GREEK suntemno. (suntomos) -- 2 Occurrences. 4934, 4935. suntomos. 4936 ...
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3756. ou, ouk, ouch -- not, no
... not, no NASB Word Usage all* (1), any the less (2), before* (1), cannot (1), cannot*
(49), certainly* (1), ever* (3), except (1), failed (1), few* (1), great ...
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5100. tis -- a certain one, someone, anyone
... 90), anyone's (1), anyone's* (1), anyone...anything (1), anything (40),
anything...anyone (1), certain (6), certain man (1), certain men (2), few (1), in ...
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4183. polus -- much, many
... word Definition much, many NASB Word Usage all (3), better (1), deep (1), earnestly
(3), enough (1), even more (1), few* (1), freely (1), full (1), further (1 ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4591. maat -- to be or become small, diminished, or few
... maat. 4592 . to be or become small, diminished, or few. Transliteration: maat
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-at') Short Definition: decrease. Word Origin a prim. ...
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4592. meat -- a little, fewness, a few
meat or meat. 4591, 4592. meat or meat. 4593 . a little, fewness, a few.
Transliteration: meat or meat Phonetic Spelling: (meh-at') Short Definition: little ...
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4213. mizar -- a little, a trifle, a few
... 4212, 4213. mizar. 4214 . a little, a trifle, a few. Transliteration: mizar
Phonetic Spelling: (miz-awr') Short Definition: very. ... few, very. ...
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4962. math -- male, man
... root Definition male, man NASB Word Usage associates (1), few (3), few men (1),
men (14), men being few (1), number (2). few, friends, men, persons, small. ...
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4557. mispar -- number, tally
... the same as sepher Definition number, tally NASB Word Usage account (1), count
(1), count* (1), counted (1), countless* (1), enumeration (1), few (7), infinite ...
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259. echad -- one
... 1), certain (11), certain man (1), each (48), each one (4), each other (1), each*
(4), eleven* (9), eleventh* (4), every (1), everyone (1), few (3), first (38 ...
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7116. qatser -- short
... few, hasty, small, soon. From qatsar; short (whether in size, number, life, strength
or temper) -- few, hasty, small, soon. see HEBREW qatsar. 7115, 7116. ...
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8147. shenayim -- two (a cardinal number)
... 62* (1), 62,700* (2), 642* (2), 652* (2), 72* (1), 72,000* (1), 822* (1), 832*
(1), both (62), both* (7), couple (2), double (7), each other (1), few (1), forty ...
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6810. tsair -- little, insignificant, young
... Or tsanowr {tsaw-ore'}; from tsa'ar; little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in
value) ignoble -- least, little (one), small (one), + young(-er, -est). ...
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Library

The Upper Room: Being a Few Truths for the Times
The Upper Room: Being a Few Truths for the Times. <. The Upper Room: Being
a Few Truths for the Times John Charles Ryle. Table of Contents. ...
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'Fit, Though Few'
... THE BOOK OF JUDGES 'FIT, THOUGH FEW'. ... III. Note the final test. God required
but few men, but He required that these should be fit. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/fit though few.htm

A Few Sighs from Hell;
... A Few Sighs From Hell; or, The Groans of the Damned Soul: or, An Exposition of those
Words in the Sixteenth of Luke, Concerning the Rich Man and the Beggar. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a few sighs from hell.htm

The Eleventh Chapter: Few Love the Cross of Jesus
... BOOK TWO. THE INTERIOR LIFE The Eleventh Chapter: Few Love the Cross of Jesus. JESUS
has always many who love His heavenly kingdom, but few who bear His cross. ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the eleventh chapter few love.htm

Are There Few that Shall He Saved?
... VI. CAUTIONS. Hymn 77 Are there few that shall he saved? John Newton 6,6,8,6.
Are there few that shall he saved? Destruction's dangerous road. ...
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Few Saved; Or, the Almost Christian, the Hypocrite, and Apostate.
... third lines of the stanza. Hymn 2:158. Few saved; or, The almost Christian,
the hypocrite, and apostate. 1 Broad is the road that ...
/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 0 193055556 few saved or.htm

Wherefore a Few Witnesses, which the Lord Deigns to Suggest to My ...
... Section 32. Wherefore a few witnesses, which the Lord deigns to suggest
to my mind� 32. Wherefore a few witnesses, which the Lord ...
/.../augustine/of holy virginity /section 32 wherefore a few.htm

And after a Few Years I was Again in Britain with My Parents ...
... Section 23. And after a few years I was again in Britain with my parents
kinsfolk.� 23. And after a few years I was again in Britain ...
/.../patrick/the confession of st patrick/section 23 and after a.htm

The True and Chaste virgins Few; Chastity a Contest; Thekla
... Discourse XI."Arete. Chapter I."The True and Chaste Virgins Few; Chastity
a Contest; Thekla. Chief of Virgins. I do accept it ...
/.../chapter i the true and chaste.htm

Few Will Believe the Soul to be Infinite: yet Infinite* is the ...
... THE SECOND CENTURY 81 Few will believe the soul to be infinite: yet infinite*
is the first thing which is naturally known. Few will ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/81 few will believe the.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(superl.) Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people.

Thesaurus

Few (652 Occurrences)
... small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or
individuals constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. ...
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Crafts (2 Occurrences)
... A study of what few references there are leads us to believe that before the Israelites
came in contact with the people of Canaan and Phoenicia they had not ...
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Exploration
... concerning ancient Palestine, including its races, laws, languages, history and
manners, was obtained from Josephus and the Bible, with a few brief additional ...
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Diminish (22 Occurrences)
... Numbers 26:54 to the many thou shalt increase their inheritance, and to the few
thou shalt diminish their inheritance; to every one shall his inheritance be ...
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Chosen (197 Occurrences)
... It is said with regard to those who do not profit by their opportunities that "many
are called, but few are chosen" (Matthew 20:16). (see ELECTION.). ...
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Sojourners (37 Occurrences)
... word. (ASV). 1 Chronicles 16:19 When ye were but a few men in number, Yea,
very few, and sojourners in it; (See JPS ASV YLT RSV). 1 ...
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Adonijah (28 Occurrences)
... There is no reason to think that it lasted more than a few weeks. Later in the year
a few weeks are enough time to allow for the campaign against Sheba. ...
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Persian (4 Occurrences)
... The former is known to us from the inscriptions of the Achemenian kings, the latter
from the Avesta, and a few Median words preserved for us by Herodotus and ...
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Foreigners (76 Occurrences)
... word." (WEB). 1 Chronicles 16:19 when you were but a few men in number, yes,
very few, and foreigners were in it. (WEB). 1 Chronicles ...
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Choose (116 Occurrences)
... Corresponds to Experience The words denote an act of comparison of two or more objects
or persons, the preference and selection of one, or of a few out of a ...
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Bible Concordance

Few (652 Occurrences)

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Crafts (2 Occurrences)

Exploration

Diminish (22 Occurrences)

Chosen (197 Occurrences)

Sojourners (37 Occurrences)