Definition
βραχύς, -εῖα, -ύ,
[in LXX chiefly for מְעַט ;]
short;
(a) of time; short, little: βραχύ, Acts 5:34; μετὰ β., Luke 22:58; β. τι, a short time, Hebrews 2:7, 9 RV, mg.;
(b) of distance: Acts 27:28;
(with) of quantity or value, little, few: John 6:7, Hebrews 2:7, 9 RV, txt.; pl., διὰ βραχέων, in few words, Hebrews 13:22.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Luke 22:58βραχὺ · A short timeA short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”
- John 6:7βραχύ · small [piece]Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
- Acts 5:34βραχὺ · for a short timeBut a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
- Acts 27:28βραχὺ · a little fartherThey took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.
- Hebrews 2:7βραχύYou made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
- Hebrews 2:9βραχύBut we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
- Hebrews 13:22βραχέων · brieflyI urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.