Hardly
μόγιςStrong’s G3425mogis
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Mogis is the Greek word usually translated “difficulty”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “difficulty”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- with difficulty 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
μόγις mogis · hardly
μόγις adv. (μόγος, toil), [in LXX: Wis.9:16 א A (μόγις, B), 3Ma.7:6 * ;] with toil or difficulty, hardly: Luk.9:39 (μόγις, WH).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hardly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
H'ARDLY, adverb
[See Hard.]
With difficulty; with great labor.
- Scarcely; barely; almost not.
- Not quite or wholly.
- Grudgingly, as an injury.
- Severely; unfavorably; as, to think hardly of public measures.
All definitions
- Rigorously; oppressively.
- Unwelcomely; harshly.
- Coarsely; roughly; not softly.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.