Strong’s G3433 · Greek
μόλις
mólis
Definition
with difficulty
Etymology
probably by variation for G3425 (μόγις);
Where the KJV renders it
- hardly
- scarce(-ly)
- + with much work
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.