adjective

brachuos

Greekβραχύς (brachus)

Strong’sG1024

short, little

stem brachu-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

a little3×briefly1×for a little while1×

What it means

βραχύς, -εῖα, -ύ,

[in LXX chiefly for מְעַט;]

short;

(a) of time; short, little: βραχύ, Ac 5:34; μετὰ β., Lk 22:58; β. τι, a short time, He 2:7, 9 RV, mg.;

(b) of distance: Ac 27:28;

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1024 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbrakh-ooce'

short (of time, place, quantity, or number)

Fromof uncertain affinity;

King Jamesfew words, little (space, while).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	brachuos	brachuas	brachuem4×βραχὺ	brachuois	brachuais	brachueim
object accusative	brachuon	brachuan		brachuoin	brachuain
direct address vocative	brachuor	brachuar		brachuoir	brachuair
of, belonging to genitive	brachuou	brachuau	brachueu	brachuoiu1×βραχέων	brachuaiu	brachueiu
to, for dative	brachuo	brachua	brachue	brachuoi	brachuai	brachuei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

brachustem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

brachu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

brachu — βραχύ, short, little

Where it appears

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

brachuem“a little”subject or objectdirect singular4×

Luke 22:58“a little”kai meta brachuem heteros horaratos auton fēate; Kai sis ek autoiu asō; tos de Petros fēate; Anthrōpor, ouk amō.A short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”

John 6:7“a little”apokrinita auto Filippos; Diakosioi dēnarieiu artois ouk arkalō autoi hina hekastos brachuem tinem lambateia.Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”

Acts 5:34“for a little while”anistanaratos de tinos en te sunedrie Farisaios onome Gamaliēl, nomodidaskalos timios panto to lao, keleuata exō brachuem toin anthrōpoin poiara,But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.

Acts 27:28“a little”kai bolizaratois heuriskala orguiain eikosi, brachuem de diistanaratois kai palin bolizaratois heuriskala orguiain dekapente;They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.

brachuoiu“briefly”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Hebrews 13:22“briefly”Parakalamō de vin, adelfoir, anechevōr tou logou tau paraklēsiau, kai gar dia brachuoiu epistellama vi.I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.