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Strong's #1642 - ἐλαττόω

Transliteration

elattóō

Phonetics

el-at-to'-o

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G1640)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to make less or inferior: in dignity
to be made less or inferior: in dignity
to decrease in authority or popularity

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2637 ‑ חָסֵר (khaw‑sare'); 4591 ‑ מָעַט (maw‑at'); 6819 ‑ צָעַר (tsaw‑ar');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (5)

John 1

Hebrews 4

NAS (5)

John 1

Hebrews 4

HCS (3)

John 1

Hebrews 2

BSB (3)

John 1

Hebrews 2

ESV (3)

John 1

Hebrews 2

WEB (5)

John 1

Hebrews 4

KJV (5)

decrease 1

lower 2

made 1

madest 1

NAS (5)

LOWER 1

MADE 1

decrease 1

lower 1

made 1

HCS (3)

made lower 1

lower 1

must decrease 1

BSB (3)

You made him a little lower 1

[must] decrease 1

was made a little lower 1

ESV (3)

lower 1

made lower 1

must decrease 1

WEB (5)

You made 1

has been made 1

lower 2

must decrease 1

RAH

V-AAI2S 1

V-AAS2S 1

V-APS3P 1

V-APS3S 1

V-FAI2P 1

V-FAI2S 1

V-PMI1S 1

V-PMPNSM 1

ANT

V-AAI-2S 1

V-PPN 1

V-RPP-ASM 1

BEZ

V-AAI-2S 1

V-PPN 1

V-RPP-ASM 1

BGB

V-AIA-2S 1

V-PNM/P 1

V-RPM/P-AMS 1

BMT

V-AAI-2S 1

BYZ

V-AAI-2S 1

ELZ

V-AAI-2S 1

V-PPN 1

V-RPP-ASM 1

NA26

CONJ 1

V-AAI-2S 1

V-XPPASM 1

SBL

V-2AAIS 1

V-PMN 1

V-XPPASM 1

SCV

V-AAI-2S 1

V-PPN 1

V-RPP-ASM 1

STV

V-AAI-2S 1

V-PPN 1

V-RPP-ASM 1

TIS

V-AAI-2S 1

V-PPN 1

V-RPP-ASM 1

V-AAI-2S 1

V-PPN 1

V-RPP-ASM 1

V-AAI-2S 1

V-PPN 1

V-RPP-ASM 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐλαττ-όω, v. cross ἐλασσόω.

ἐλασσ-όω,

I Att. ἐλασς-ττόω: aor. ἠλάττωσα Lys. 13.9, Plb. 16.21.5: pf. ἠλλάττωκα D.H. Comp. 6, etc.: — Pass., fut. -ωθήσομαι Th. 5.34, D. 21.66: fut. Med. in same sense, Hdt. 6.11, Th. 5.104: aor. ἠλασσώθην, -ττώθην, Id. 1.77, D. 10.33: pf. ἠλάττωμαι Apollod.Com. 7.3, Plb. 18.4.3: —

1. make less or smaller, diminish, reduce in amount, PTeb. 19.11 (ii B.C.), PLips. 105.28 (i A.D.): — Pass., POxy. 918xi3 (ii A.D.).

2. in early writers, lower, degrade, τὴν πόλιν Lys. 13.9, Isoc. 8.17; ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ' ἀγγέλους LXX Psalms 8:6; cut down, shorten, συναλοιφαῖς τὰ ῥήματα D.H. Comp. 6: c. gen., detract from, μὴ προστιθέναι τιμήν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐλασσοῦν τῆς ὑπαρχούσης Th. 3.42: — Med., reduce the power of, τινάς Plb. 22.15.1.

II Pass.,

1 abs., to be lessened, suffer loss, be depreciated, of things, Th. 2.62; of persons, Id. 4.59,al., OGI 139.10 (ii B.C.), PTeb. 382.13 (i B.C.), Phld. Lib. p.32 O., al., John 3:30, etc.; μέγα τοῦθ' οἱ πατέρες ἠλαττώμεθα Apollod.Com. 7.3; also, take less than one's due, waive one's rights or privileges, Th. 1.77, D. 56.14; but, fall short of one's professions, act dishonestly, Isoc. 1.49.

2. c. dat. rei, have the worst of it, Hdt. 6.11, Th. 5.104, etc.; τῷ πολέμῳ Id. 1.115; to be inferior, τῇ ἐμπειρίᾳ Id. 5.72; πολλαῖς ναυσί X. HG 1.5.15; πᾶσι τούτοις ib. 6.2.28; ἠλαττωμένος τοῖς ὄμμασι, of a one-eyed man, Plb. 18.4.3; πρός τινα POxy. 215ii18: c. gen., fall short of, τῶν ἀρχετύπων Ph. 1.606.

3. c. gen. pers., to be at a disadvantage with a person, πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔγωγ' ἐλαττοῦμαι κατὰ τουτονὶ τὸν ἀγῶν' Αἰσχίνου D. 18.3; ἐλαττοῦσθαί τινός τινι Pl. Alc. 1.121b; μηδὲν τῶν δημιουργῶν Id. Grg. 459c.

4. c. gen. rei, suffer loss in respect of, κεφαλαίου, τόκων, BGU 155.10 (ii A.D.); to be in want of, LXX 1 Samuel 21:15(16): also c. dat., ib. 2 Samuel 3:29.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐλαττόω (Buttmann, 7), ἐλάττω: 1 aorist ἠλαττωσα; passive, (present ἐλαττοῦμαι); perfect participle ἠλαττωμενος; (ἐλαττῶν); to make less or inferior: τινα, in dignity, Hebrews 2:7; passive to be made less or inferior: in dignity, Hebrews 2:9; to decrease (opposed to αὐξάνω), in authority and popularity, John 3:30. (Many times in the Sept.; in Greek writings from Thucydides on.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐλαττόω , -ῶ

(< ἐλάιττων ),

[in LXX (where also -σσῶ ) chiefly for H2637, and very freq. in Sir;]

to make less: Hebrews 2:7 (LXX); pass., John 3:30, Hebrews 2:9.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For this, the more ordinary equivalent of the foregoing verb, we may cite P Tebt I. 19.11 (B.C. 114) σὺ δὲ ὀρθῶς ποιήσεις τὸ προσάγγελμα μὴ ἐλαττώσας παρὰ τὸ πρῶτον, ";you will be right in not diminishing the report compared with the first one"; (Edd.), ib. II. 382.13 (B.C. 30–A.D. 1) ἐμ μηδενὶ ἐλαττουμένου τοῦ Ἀκυσιλάου ἐν ᾗ ἔχει μ ̣[ο ]υ μίσθωσιν, ";Acusilaus shall incur no loss in the lease which he holds of me"; (Edd.), P Lond 897.1 (A.D.84) (= III. p. 206) λαογραφίας τότε γὰρ ἐλασσωθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ προόντος κωμογραμμάτεως, and P Hamb I. 8.12 (A.D. 136) μὴ ἐλαττουμένων ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ὧν ὀφι ̣εται λοιπῶν φόρων τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιθ ̄ (ἔτους), ";ohne dass wir beeinträchtigt werden in Bezug auf die übrigen Abgaben desselben Jahres, die Ihr uns noch schuldet"; (Ed., who refers to Gradenwitz Einführung i. p. 31).

List of Word Forms

ελαττουσθαι ελαττούσθαι ἐλαττοῦσθαι ηλαττωμενον ηλαττωμένον ἠλαττωμένον ηλαττωσας ηλάττωσας ἠλάττωσας elattomenon elattoménon ēlattōmenon ēlattōménon elattosas eláttosas ēlattōsas ēláttōsas elattousthai elattoûsthai