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3.
$
(
$ "
, 1024), “short,” is used to some extent adverbially of (a) time,
with the preposition
, “after,” Luke 22:58, “(after) a little while”; in Acts 5:34,
without a preposition,
RV
, “a little while” (
KJV
, “a little space”); in Heb. 2:7, 9, “a little”
(
KJV
marg. in v. 7, and
RV
marg., in both, “a little while”), where the writer transfers to
time what the Sept. in Ps. 8:5 says of rank; (b) of quantity, John 6:7; in Heb. 13:22,
preceded by the preposition
, “by means of,” and with
.¶, “words” (genitive
plural) understood, “(in) few words”; (c) of distance, Acts 27:28,
RV
, “a little space”
(
KJV
, “a little further”). See
FEW
,
FURTHER
,
SPACE
.¶
4.
(
# 1
, 1646), which serves as the superlative of No. 1, is translated
“a very little” in Luke 19:17. See
LEAST
.
Note:
For
, “but little,” see
LEAST
, No. 4.
B. Adverbs.
1.
(
$
, 3397), the neuter of A, No. 1, is used adverbially (a) of distance,
Matt. 26:39; Mark 14:35; (b) of quantity, 2 Cor. 11:1, 16; (c) of time, Matt. 26:73, “a
while”; Mark 14:70; John 13:33, “a little while”, 14:19; 16:16-9; Heb. 10:37, with the
repeated
, “how very,” lit., “a little while, how little, how little!” See
WHILE
.¶
2.
(
A &
, 3641**), the neuter of A, No. 2, is used adverbially of (a) time,
Mark 6:31, “a while;” 1 Pet. 1:6,
RV
, “a little while (
KJV
, “a season”); 5:10,
RV
, “a little
while” (
KJV
, “a while”); Rev. 17:10,
RV
, “a little while” (
KJV
, “a short space”); (b) space,
Mark 1:19; Luke 5:3; (c) extent, with the preposition
, “for,” in 1 Tim. 4:8,
RV
, “(for)
a little” (
KJV
, and
RV
marg., “little”), where, while the phrase might refer to duration (as
KJV
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
.
3.
(
$&
, 3357), moderately, occurs in Acts 20:12, “a little.”¶
For
(NO) LITTLE
see
COMMON
, B,
Note
(3)
LIVE
1.
(
1
, 2198), “to live, be alive,” is used in the NT of “(a) God, Matt. 16:16;
John 6:57; Rom. 14:11; (b) the Son in Incarnation, John 6:57; (c) the Son in Resurrection,
John 14:19; Acts 1:3; Rom. 6:10; 2 Cor. 13:4; Heb. 7:8; (d) spiritual life, John 6:57;
Rom. 1:17; 8:13b; Gal. 2:19, 20; Heb. 12:9; (e) the present state of departed saints, Luke
20:38; 1 Pet. 4:6; (f) the hope of resurrection, 1 Pet. 1:3; (g) the resurrection of believers,
1 Thess. 5:10; John 5:25; Rev. 20:4, and of unbelievers, v. 5, cf. v. 13; (h) the way of
access to God through the Lord Jesus Christ, Heb. 10:20; (i) the manifestation of divine
power in support of divine authority, 2 Cor. 13:4b; cf. 12:10, and 1 Cor. 5:5; (j) bread,
figurative of the Lord Jesus, John 6:51; (k) a stone, figurative of the Lord Jesus, 1 Pet.
2:4; (1) water, figurative of the Holy Spirit, John 4:10; 7:38; (m) a sacrifice, figurative of
the believer, Rom. 12:1; (n) stones, figurative of the believer, 1 Pet. 2:5; (o) the oracles,
** Differing gender, number, or verb forms (for instance, infinitive or participle) of other
words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with a double asterisk (for instance,
, from
, is 3798**).