βραχύς,
-εῖα,
-ύ,
short, small, little, (from Pindar, Herodotus, Thucydides down);
a. of place; neuter
βραχύ adverbially,
a short distance, a little:
Acts 27:28 (2 Samuel 16:1; Thucydides 1, 63).
b. of time; βραχύ τι a short time, for a little while: Hebrews 2:7, 9, (where the writer transfers to time what the Sept. in Psalm 8:6 says of rank); Acts 5:34 [here L T Tr WH omit τι]; μετὰ βραχύ shortly after, Luke 22:58.
c. of quantity and measure; βραχύ τι [Tr text WH omits; L Tr marginal reading brackets τι] some little part, a little: John 6:7 (βραχύ τι τοῦ μέλιτος, 1 Samuel 14:29; ἔλαιον βραχύ, Josephus, Antiquities 9, 4, 2; βραχύτατος λιβανωτός, Philo de vict. off. § 4); διὰ βραχέων in few namely, words, briefly, Hebrews 13:22 (so [Plato, Demosthenes, others (cf. Bleek on Hebrews, the passage cited)] Josephus, b. j. 4, 5, 4; ἐν βραχυτάτῳ δηλοῦν to show very briefly, Xenophon, Cyril 1, 2, 15).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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1 Samuel
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14:29
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2 Samuel
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16:1
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Psalms
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8:6
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Luke
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22:58
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John
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6:7
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Acts
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5:34; 27:28
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Hebrews
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2:7; 2:9; 13:22
