Dictionaries :: Little

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Little:

"little, small" (the opposite of megas, "great"), is used

(a) of persons, with regard to

(1) station, or age, in the singular, Mar 15:40, of James "the less" (RV marg., "little"), possibly referring to age; Luk 19:3; in the plural, "little" ones, Mat 18:6, 10, 14; Mar 9:42;

(2) rank or influence, e.g., Mat 10:42 (see context); Act 8:10; 26:22, "small," as in Rev 11:18; 13:16; 19:5, 18; 20:12;

(b) of things, with regard to

(1) size, e.g., Jam 3:5 (some mss. have No. 2 here);

(2) quantity, Luk 12:32; 1Cr 5:6; Gal 5:9; Rev 3:8;

(3) time, Jhn 7:33; 12:35; Rev 6:11; 20:3. See B, No. 1.
See LEAST, SMALL.

Little:

"little, few" (the opposite of polus, "much"), is translated "short" in Rev 12:12; in the neut. sing., e.g., 2Cr 8:15. For Jam 3:5, see No. 1.
See FEW, SHORT, SMALL.

Little:

"short," is used to some extent adverbially of

(a) time, with the preposition meta, "after," Luk 22:58, "(after) a little while;" in Act 5:34, without a preposition, RV, "a little while" (AV, "a little space"); in Hbr 2:7, 9, "a little" (AV marg. in ver. 7, and RV marg., in both, "a little while"), where the writer transfers to time what the Sept. in Psa 8:5 says of rank;

(b) of quantity, Jhn 6:7; in Hbr 13:22, preceded by the preposition dia, "by means of," and with logon, "words" (genitive plural) understood, "(in) few words;"

(c) of distance, Act 27:28, RV, "a little space" (AV, "a little further").
See FEW, FURTHER, SPACE.

Little:

which serves as the superlative of No. 1, is translated "a very little" in Luk 19:17.
See LEAST.

Note: For mikroteros, "but little," see LEAST, No. 4.

Little:

the neuter of A, No. 1, is used adverbially

(a) of distance, Mat 26:39; Mar 14:35;

(b) of quantity, 2Cr 11:1, 16;

(c) of time, Mat 26:73, "a while;" Mar 14:70; Jhn 13:33, "a little while;" Jhn 14:19; 16:16-19; Hbr 10:37, with the repeated hoson, "how very," lit., "a little while, how little, how little!"
See WHILE.

Little:

the neuter of A, No. 2, is used adverbially of

(a) time, Mar 6:31, "a while;" 1Pe 1:6, RV, "a little while" (AV, "a season"); 1Pe 5:10, RV, "a little while" (AV, "a while"); Rev 17:10, RV, "a little while" (AV, "a short space");

(b) space, Mar 1:19; Luk 5:3;

(c) extent, with the preposition pros, "for," in 1Ti 4:8, RV, "(for) a little" (AV, and RV marg., "little"), where, while the phrase might refer to duration (as AV marg.), yet the antithesis "for all things" clearly indicates extent, i.e., "physical training is profitable towards few objects in life."
See BRIEFLY, FEW, SEASON, C, Note.

Little:

moderately, occurs in Act 20:12, "a little."