UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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:

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