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μόλις

MainId: 003338000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: μ

StrongCodes: G3433

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'μόλις and μόγις are often regarded as alternative forms of the same lexical item. The form μόγις appears to be preferred in later prose.'}

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 003338001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: advb.

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'μόγις', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 003338001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 78.41

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Degree

      LEXSubDomains: About, Approximately, Almost, Hardly [Approximate Degree]

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-09 13:26:44

         DefinitionShort: a degree which almost equals some point on a scale of extent, but not quite{N:001}

         Glosses: ['barely', 'just', 'scarcely', 'with difficulty', 'hardly']

         Comments: For another interpretation of μόλις in {S:04401401800008}, see {D:22.33}.

      LEXReferences: ACTs 14:18, ROM 5:7

   2. LEXID: 003338001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 22.33

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances

      LEXSubDomains: Difficult, Hard

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-12-09 13:26:44

         DefinitionShort: pertaining to that which can be accomplished only with difficulty

         Glosses: with difficulty

         Comments: Because of the complications involved in rendering the expression ‘only with difficulty,’ it may be necessary to recast the translation of {S:04401401800008} as ‘with these words they were able to keep the crowds from offering a sacrifice to them, but it was extremely difficult for them to accomplish this’ or ‘… but they had to try very hard to keep the crowds from doing so.’ For another interpretation of {L:μόλις} in {S:04401401800008}, see {D:78.41}.

      LEXReferences: ACTs 14:18, ACTs 27:7, ACTs 27:8, ACTs 27:16, 1PET 4:18