What does μόλις (mólis) mean in the Bible?
μόλις (mólis) is a Greek word meaning "with difficulty".
Greek · G3433
μόλις
With difficulty
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μόλις G3433
Pronunciation mólis
What does μόλις (mólis) mean in the Bible?
μόλις (mólis) is a Greek word meaning "with difficulty".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3433?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (2), it is hard for (1), rarely (1), vvv (1), with difficulty (1).
Where does μόλις (mólis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 14:18. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (4), 1 Peter (1), Romans (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 . . . 2× Acts 27:7, Acts 27:16
it is hard for 1× 1 Peter 4:18
rarely 1× Romans 5:7
vvv 1× Acts 14:18
with difficulty 1× Acts 27:8
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 14:18
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 3
Acts 4 Romans 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
μόλις 6x molis Acts 14:18, Acts 27:7, Acts 27:8, Acts 27:16
Parsing patterns
Adverb 6x Acts 14:18, Acts 27:7, Acts 27:8, Acts 27:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. with difficulty
Strong's G3433
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 1 form 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
with difficulty
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 14:18 Adverb
μόλις moliv
with difficulty, hardly
Read verse Acts 27:7 Adverb
μόλις moliv
with difficulty, hardly
Read verse Acts 27:8 Adverb
μόλις moliv
with difficulty, hardly
Read verse Acts 27:16 Adverb
μόλις moliv
with difficulty, hardly
Read verse Romans 5:7 Adverb
μόλις moliv
with difficulty, hardly
Read verse 1 Peter 4:18 Adverb
μόλις moliv
with difficulty, hardly
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 6
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Acts 14:18 · Acts 27:7 · Acts 27:8 · Acts 27:16 · Rom 5:7 · 1 Pet 4:18 6×
Word Origins
μόλις is built from this root:
μόγις G3425
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