Definition

puny (in extent, degree, number, duration or value); especially neuter (adverbially) somewhat

Etymology

of uncertain affinity;

Where the KJV renders it

• + almost
• brief(-ly)
• few
• (a) little
• + long
• a season
• short
• small
• a while

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.