Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
molis
Simplified transliteration
molis
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
6
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
adverb
Gloss
with difficulty, hardly; very rarely
Definition
with difficulty, scarcely, hardly, Acts 14:18; 27:7, 8, 16; Rom. 5:7; 1 Pet. 4:18*
Greek-English Concordance for μόλις
| Acts 14:18 |
Even saying these things, they barely (molis | μόλις | adverb) restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them. |
| Acts 27:7 |
We sailed slowly for a number of days and arrived with difficulty (molis | μόλις | adverb) off Cnidus, and as the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone. |
| Acts 27:8 |
Sailing past it with difficulty (molis | μόλις | adverb), we came to a place called Fair Havens, near to which was the city Lasea. |
| Acts 27:16 |
Running under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty (molis | μόλις | adverb) to get the dinghy under control. |
| Romans 5:7 |
For rarely (molis | μόλις | adverb) will one die for an upright person — though perhaps for a genuinely good person one might actually dare to die. |
| 1 Peter 4:18 |
And “If the righteous person is barely (molis | μόλις | adverb) saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?” |