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Briefly

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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διά

(Strong's #1223 — Preposition — di' — dee-ah' )
 
ὀλίγος

(Strong's #3641 — Adjective — olígos — ol-ee'-gos )

lit. means "by few." In 1 Peter 5:12 it signifies by means of few words, "briefly." The RV of Romans 13:9 omits "briefly," the meaning being "it is summed up."

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Briefly'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​b/briefly.html. 1940.
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