μόλις
molis · hardly, with difficulty
Greek word · Strong’s number G3433 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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molis (μόλις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “hardly, with difficulty”.
Hardly, scarcely, with difficulty.
How to say it
mo·lis
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- With great effort, barely managing it.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- difficulty ×4
- scarcely ×1
- they barely ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 14:18
And saying these things, they barely restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them.
- Acts 27:7
And sailing slowly for many days and arriving with difficulty off Cnidus, since the wind did not allow us to go on, we sailed under the shelter of Crete off Salmone;
- Acts 27:8
and coasting along it with difficulty we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.
- Acts 27:16
And running under the shelter of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get control of the boat.
- Romans 5:7
For scarcely will anyone die for a righteous person; though for the good person perhaps someone even dares to die.
- 1 Peter 4:18
And if the righteous is saved with difficulty, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?