18 occurrences

'Few' in the Bible

Jesus asked them, "How many loaves of bread do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."

"In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen."

They also had a few small fish. He blessed them and said that the fish should also be distributed.

So he instructed them, "The harvest is vast, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers out into his harvest.

The one whose name was Cleopas answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn't know what happened there in the past few days?"

After this, Jesus went down to Capernaum he, his mother, his brothers, and his disciples and they remained there for a few days.

A few days later, Paul told Barnabas, "Let's go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they're doing."

It was while Apollos was in Corinth that Paul passed through the inland districts and came to Ephesus. He found a few disciples there

Isaiah also calls out concerning Israel, "Although the descendants of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, only a few will be saved.

But I have a few things against you: You have there some who hold to the teaching of Balaam, the one who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so that they would eat food sacrificed to idols and practice immorality.

But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me in white clothes because they are worthy.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
מעט 
Ma`at 
Usage: 22

מת 
Math 
men , few , few , friends , number , persons , small , with
Usage: 21

ὀλίγος 
Oligos 
Usage: 28

מזער 
Miz`ar 
very , few
Usage: 4

מספּר 
Micpar 
Usage: 132

מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101

קצר 
Qatser 
Usage: 5

βραχύς 
Brachus 
Usage: 7

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