adverb

molis

Greekμόλις (molis)

Strong’sG3433

with difficulty, hardly

stem moli-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books

Translated as

with difficulty4×rarely1×scarcely1×

What it means

μόλις,

adv.

(< μόλος, toil),

post-Hom. alternative for μόγις,

[in LXX: Pr 11:31, Wi 9:16, al.;]

with difficulty, hardly, scarcely: Lk 9:39 (T, μόγις), Ac 14:8 27:7, 8, 16, Ro 5:7, I Pe 4:18(LXX).†

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

Strong’s G3433 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmol'-is

with difficulty

Fromprobably by variation for G3425;

King Jameshardly, scarce(-ly), + with much work.

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

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

molis6×

Acts 14:18“scarcely”kai houteim legarōtois molis katapauala toin ochloin teu mē thuarō autoi.Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.

Acts 27:7“with difficulty”en hikanai de hēmerai braduploarōtois kai molis gineratois kata tan Knidan, mē proseasarōtou nin tou anemou, hupoplana tan Krētan kata Salmōnan,After sailing slowly for many days, we arrived off Cnidus. When the wind impeded us, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.

Acts 27:8“with difficulty”molis tē paralegerōtois autan erchana eis topon tinon kalirōton Kaloin Limēnoin ho engus ate politas Lasaias.After we had moved along the coast with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

Acts 27:16“with difficulty”nēsiem de tinem hupotrecharatois kalirōtem Kaudem ischuana molis perikratois ginera tau skafau,Passing to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we barely managed to secure the lifeboat.

Romans 5:7“rarely”molis gar huper dikaiou tinos apothnēsketi; huper gar tou agathou tacha tinos kai tolmatō apothnēskara;Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.

1 Peter 4:18“with difficulty”kai ei tos dikaios molis sōzitō, tos asebos kai hamartōlos pou faineti?And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”