βραχύςbrachýs
short
Greek (New Testament) · G1024
Meanings
(a) of time; short, little: βραχύ, Acts 5:34; μετὰ β., Luke 22:58; β. τι, a short time, Hebrews 2:7, Hebrews 2:9 RV, margin
(b) of distance: Acts 27:28
(c) of quantity or value, little, few: John 6:7, Hebrews 2:7, Hebrews 2:9 RV, text; plural, διὰ βραχέων, in few words, Hebrews 13:22.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Luke 22:58 After a while someone else looked at him and said, “You must be one of them!” “No, man, I’m not!” Peter retorted.
- John 6:7 Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money to feed them!”
- Acts 5:34 But one member, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, who was an expert in religious law and respected by all the people, stood up and ordered that the men be sent outside the council chamber for a while.
- Acts 27:28 They dropped a weighted line and found that the water was 120 feet deep. But a little later they measured again and found it was only 90 feet deep.
- Hebrews 2:7 Yet for a little while you made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.
- Hebrews 2:9 What we do see is Jesus, who for a little while was given a position “a little lower than the angels”; and because he suffered death for us, he is now “crowned with glory and honor.” Yes, by God’s grace, Jesus tasted death for everyone.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.