βρᾰχύς, εῖα
(Ion. έα Hdt. 5.49), ύ, dat. pl. βραχέοις JHS 33.317 (Thess.): Comp. βραχύτερος, βραχίων (cf. βράσσων): Sup. βραχύτατος, βράχιστος: -
short,
1 of Space and Time, β. οἶμος, ὁδός, Pi. P. 4.248, Pl. Lg. 718e, etc.; [ αἰών ] prob. in B. 3.74; βίος Hdt. 7.46; καιρός Call. Epigr. 9; χρόνος A. Pr. 939, Pers. 713, etc.; μῦθος, λόγος, Id. Pr. 505, v.l. in Pers. 713; ἐν βραχεῖ (Ion. βραχέϊ) in a short time, Hdt. 5.24, Pl. Smp. 217a codd.; διὰ βραχέος Th. 2.83; μακρὰν συνήθειαν βραχεῖ λῦσαι χρόνῳ Men. 726; βραχὺ τῃδὶ μεταστῶμεν for a moment, Id. Georg. 32; of distance, β. ἀπόδοσις short return in ballplay, Antiph. 234.6; ἐπὶ βραχὺ ἐξικνεῖσθαι X. An. 3.3.17; πρὸ βραχέος lamb. VP 25.112: Comp., ἡ φάλαγξ -υτέρα ἐγένετο ἀναδιπλουμένη X. Cyr. 7.5.5; τάξιν -υτέραν ἢ πρόσθεν, βαθυτέραν δὲ ποιήσαντες Plb. 1.33.10; βραχύτερα τοξεύειν X. An. 3.3.7. Adv. βραχέως, [πολέμους] ἐπ’ ἀλλήλους ἐπιφέρειν scantily, seldom, Th. 1.141.
2. of Size, short, small, μορφάν β. Pi. I. 4(3).53; βραχὺς ἐξικέσθαι θεῶν ἕδραν too puny to reach.., ib. 7(6).44; β. τεῦχος S. El. 1113, cf. 757; β. τεῖχος a low wall, Th. 7.29; βραχύ μοι στόμα πάντ’ ἀναγήσασθαι my mouth is too small to.., Pi. N. 10.19; κατὰ β. προϊών little by little, Th. 1.64, cf. Pl. Sph. 241c; παρὰ βραχύ scarcely, hardly, φυγεῖν Alciphr. 3.5; βραχύ τι λωφᾶν ἀπὸ νόσου καὶ πολέμου Th. 6.12; ἁλὸς βραχύ a small quantity of salt, Bilabel Ὀψαρτ. p.11.
3. of Number, few, ἐν βραχεῖ in few words, Pi. P. 1.82, S. El. 673; ἐν βραχίστοις Pi. I. 6(5).59; ἐν βραχυτέροις Pl. Grg. 449c; so διὰ βραχέων in few words, Id. Prt. 336a; ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι διὰ βραχυτάτων D. 27.3, Lys. 16.9, cf. Pl. Grg. 449c; ὡς ἐν βραχυτάτοις Antipho 1.18. Adv. βραχέως, ἀπολογεῖσθαι briefly, in few words, X. HG 1.7.5.
4. of Value or Importance, of persons, humble, insignificant, S. OC 880; τὸν μὲν ἀφ’ ὑψηλῶν βραχὺν ᾤκισε E. Heracl. 613; β. τὴν διάνοιαν J. AJ 12.4.1; of things, petty, trifling, ἀρχὴ β. ἐλπίδος S. OT 121; χάρις Id. Tr. 1217; πρόφασις E. IA 1180; β. τις ἀσάφεια a slight obscurity, Gal. 18(1).304; λυπεῖν τινὰ βραχύ, opp. μέγ’ εὑρεῖν κέρδος, S. El. 1304; οὐ περὶ βραχέων βουλεύεσθαι Th. 1.78, cf. 140; β. καὶ οὐδενὸς ἄξιον Id. 8.76; β. κέρδους ἕνεκα Lys. 7.17; οὐσία [Isa 10:25]: neut. as Adv., βραχὺ φροντίζειν τινός think lightly of, D. 17.4.
5. short, of vowels or syllables, Arist. Cat. 4b34, Rh. 1409a18, Po. 1458a15, Heph. 1.1, D.T. 631, etc.; ἡ β. προσῳδία the sign, S.E. M. 1.113. (Cf. Avest. m[schwa]r[schwa]zu- ’short’, Goth. gamaurgjan ’shorten’, Lat. brevIsa)
G1024 — βραχύς
βραχεια, βραχύ, short, small, little (from Pindar, Herodotus, Thucydides down);
a. of place; neuter βραχύ adverbially, a short distance, a little: [Act 27:28] ([2Sa 16:1]; Thucydides 1, 63).
b. of time; βραχύ τί a short time, for a little while: [Heb 2:7], [Heb 2:9], (where the writer transfers to time what the Sept. in [Psa 8:6] says of rank); [Act 5:34] (here L T Tr WH omit τί); μετά βραχύ shortly after, [Luk 22:58].
c. of quantity and measure; βραχύ τί (Tr text WH omits; L Tr marginal reading brackets τί) some little part, a little: [Joh 6:7] (βραχύ τί τοῦ μέλιτος, [1Sa 14:29]; ἔλαιον βραχύ, Josephus, Antiquities 9, 4, 2; βραχυτατος λιβανωτός, Philo de vict. off. § 4); διά βραχέων in few namely, words, briefly, [Heb 13:22] (so (Plato, Demosthenes, others (cf. Bleek on Hebrews, the passage cited)) Josephus, b. j. 4, 5, 4; ἐν βραχυτάτω δηλουν to show very briefly, Xenophon, Cyril 1, 2, 15).
βραχύς , - εῖα , - ύ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H4592;]
short;
(a) of time; short, little: βραχύ , [Act 5:34]; μετὰ β ., [Luk 22:58]; β . τι , a short time, [Heb 2:7]; [Heb 2:9], RV , mg .;
(b) of distance: [Act 27:28];
(c) of quantity or value, little, few: [Joh 6:7], [Heb 2:7]; [Heb 2:9], RV , txt .; pl ., διὰ βραχέων , in few words, [Heb 13:22]. †