Strong's Concordance molis: with difficulty Original Word: μόλιςPart of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: molis Phonetic Spelling: (mol'-is) Short Definition: with difficulty, hardly Definition: with difficulty, hardly, scarcely. HELPS Word-studies 3433 mólis (from mogos, "toil) – properly, something happening with great difficulty, i.e. hardly ("scarcely"). 3433 /mólis ("what barely happens") emphasizes the slight margin by which something comes to pass, i.e. because it is so difficult. [3425 /mógis (from mogos, "laborious toil") focuses on the prolonged nature of a difficulty.] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3433: μόλιςμόλις (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. Probably by variation for mogis; with difficulty -- hardly, scarce(-ly), + with much work. see GREEK mogis Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 34336 Occurrences μόλις — 6 Occ. Acts 14:18 Adv GRK: ταῦτα λέγοντες μόλις κατέπαυσαν τοὺς NAS: these things, with difficulty they restrained KJV: sayings scarce restrained they INT: these things saying hardly they stopped the Acts 27:7 Adv Acts 27:8 Adv Acts 27:16 Adv Romans 5:7 Adv 1 Peter 4:18 Adv |
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