<OL TYPE="1"><LI>small, little<OL TYPE="a"><LI>of size: of stature, of length<LI>of space<LI>of age: less by birth, younger<LI>of time: short, brief, a little while, how little!<LI>of quantity: i.e. number, amount<LI>of rank or influence</OL></OL>When translated "a little while", the Greek emphasises theshortness of the time interval, "oh how little". This phrase usedoften in the NT of the return of Christ.