How do you say the greek word "βραχυς"?

Question

I pretty sure it means "short" but if anyone has any other meanings for this word let me know. I also would like to know where this word is used in the bible.Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi, I'm greek and i'll try to be of some help. I dont know where it is used in the bible (sorry!) The word does mean short but not used for people or things, it describes mostly time and dimensions. Vra-his (the s in the end is soft), the stress is on the second syllable. Hope it helps!

Answer 2

It means short for dimension and brief for time
For example . This guy is vrachys or also we say vrachysomos( short body )
You can see in a hospital - vracheia recovery section which means short time of recovery ( in this case vracheia is spelled differently because its now a feminine world since it follows the recovery anarose in Greek which is a feminine word

Answer 3

It's transliterated as "brachus" (brach-oos) and it does mean "short" in Greek. Not to be confused with Latin "brachium", which means "arm".

I found a site where you can search the Greek New Testament
http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~fisher/gnt/search.html
If you type in "brachus", you'll see a list of results including Luke 22:58, John 6:7, Acts 5:34, plus some others.

Answer 4

"Bra-choos" Like the ch in "trachea". The "oo" is hard - kind of like saying "euwwwh!, when seeing something disgusting, but with a much less shorter, or staccato sound. The meaning relates to distance, stature, time, or quantity - "short, little, small"

See here for passages -
http://www.zhubert.com/word?word=ß?a??&root=ß?a???&number=641170

Answer 5

Brief - Short

Answer 6

Yahoo barble fish says:
vrahys

so it may not be a word

Answer 7

It's also the contrary of acute, i.e. blunt . (obsolete)

Ciao.....John-John.