What does βραχύς (brachýs) mean in the Bible?
βραχύς (brachýs) is a Greek word meaning "short (of time, place, quantity, or number)".
Greek · G1024
βραχύς
Short (of time, place, quantity, or number)
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βραχύς G1024
Pronunciation brachýs
What does βραχύς (brachýs) mean in the Bible?
βραχύς (brachýs) is a Greek word meaning "short (of time, place, quantity, or number)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1024?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (1), a little farther (1), A short time (1), briefly (1), for a short time (1).
Where does βραχύς (brachýs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 22:58. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (3), Acts (2), John (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 1× Hebrews 2:7
a little farther 1× Acts 27:28
A short time 1× Luke 22:58
briefly 1× Hebrews 13:22
for a short time 1× Acts 5:34
small [piece] 1× John 6:7
vvv 1× Hebrews 2:9
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 22:58 βραχὺ to A short time Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular John 6:7 βραχύ to small [piece] Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Acts 5:34 βραχὺ to for a short time Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Acts 27:28 βραχὺ to a little farther Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Hebrews 2:7 βραχύ to . . . Adverb Hebrews 2:9 βραχύ to vvv Adverb Hebrews 13:22 βραχέων to briefly Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 22:58
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 4
Luke 1 John 1 Acts 2 Hebrews 3
Source forms
βραχύ 3x brachy John 6:7, Hebrews 2:7, Hebrews 2:9
βραχὺ 3x brachy Luke 22:58, Acts 5:34, Acts 27:28
βραχέων 1x bracheōn Hebrews 13:22
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 4x Luke 22:58, John 6:7, Acts 5:34, Acts 27:28
Adverb 2x Hebrews 2:7, Hebrews 2:9
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Hebrews 13:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. short (of time, place, quantity, or number)
Strong's G1024
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
short (of time, place, quantity, or number)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 22:58 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
βραχὺ bracu
short, little
Read verse John 6:7 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
βραχύ bracu
short, little
Read verse Acts 5:34 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
βραχύ bracu
short, little
Read verse Acts 27:28 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
βραχὺ bracu
short, little
Read verse Hebrews 2:7 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
βραχύ bracu
short, little
Read verse Hebrews 2:9 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
βραχύ bracu
short, little
Read verse Hebrews 13:22 Adjective Genitive Plural Neuter
βραχέων bracewn
short, little
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Heb 13:22 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Luke 22:58 · John 6:7 · Acts 5:34 · Acts 27:28 4×
Word Origins
βραχύς is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain