Strong G1642ἐλαττόω
to make less
- Transliteration
- elattoō
- Pronunciation
- el-at-to'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G1640; to lessen (in rank or influence): - decrease make lower.
Detailed definition
ἐλαττόω, -ῶ
(ἐλάιττων), [in LXX (where also -σσῶ) chiefly for חָסֵר, and very frequently in Sir;]
to make less: Heb.2:7 (LXX); pass., Jhn.3:30, Heb.2:9.†
(AS)
(ἐλάιττων), [in LXX (where also -σσῶ) chiefly for חָסֵר, and very frequently in Sir;]
to make less: Heb.2:7 (LXX); pass., Jhn.3:30, Heb.2:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1642 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- low2
- decrease1
- make1
- thou1
First verses
- John 3:30He must increase, but I must decrease.
- Hebrews 2:7Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
- Hebrews 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐλασσ-όω,
Attic dialect ἐλαττόω: aorist ἠλάττωσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.9, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.21.5)]: perfect ἠλλάττωκα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 6, etc.)]:—passive, future -ωθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.34, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.66)]: future middle in same sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.11, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.104:)]aorist ἠλασσώθην, -ττώθην, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.77, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.33)]: perfect ἠλάττωμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 7.3, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.4.3)]:—make less or smaller, diminish, reduce in amount, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 19.11 (2nd c.BC), “PLips.” 105.28 (1st c.AD))]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 918xi3 (2nd c.AD).)]
2 in early writers, lower, degrade, τὴν πόλιν [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.17; ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ᾽ ἀγγέλους LXX.Psa.8.6)]; cut down, shorten, συναλοιφαῖς τὰ ῥήματα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 6)]: with genitive, detract from, μὴ προστιθέναι τιμήν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐλασσοῦν τῆς ὑπαρχούσης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42)]:—middle, reduce the power of, τινάς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 22.15.1.)]
II passive,
II.1 absolutely, to be lessened, suffer loss, be depreciated, of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.62)]; of persons, [NT+4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.59, +others, “OGI” 139.10(2nd c.BC), “PTeb.” 382.13 (1st c.BC), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.32 O., +others, NT.John.3.30, etc.; μέγα τοῦθ᾽ οἱ πατέρες ἠλαττώμεθα 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 7.3)]; also, take less than one's due, waive one's rights or privileges, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.14)]; but, fall short of one's professions, act dishonestly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.49.)]
II.2 with dative of things, have the worst of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.11, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.104, etc.; τῷ πολέμῳ [prev. author] 1.115)]; to be inferior, τῇ ἐμπειρίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.72; πολλαῖς ναυσί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.15; πᾶσι τούτοις [prev. work] 6.2.28)]; ἠλαττωμένος τοῖς ὄμμασι, of a one-eyed man, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.4.3; πρός τινα “POxy.” 215ii18)]: with genitive, fall short of, τῶν ἀρχετύπων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.606.)]
II.3 with genitive person, to be at a disadvantage with a person, πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔγωγ᾽ ἐλαττοῦμαι κατὰ τουτονὶ τὸν ἀγῶν᾽ Αἰσχίνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.3; ἐλαττοῦσθαί τινός τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.121b; μηδὲν τῶν δημιουργῶν [prev. author] “Grg.” 459c.)]
II.4 with genitive of things, suffer loss in respect of, κεφαλαίου, τόκων, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 155.10 (2nd c.AD))]; to be in want of, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.21.15(16): also with _dative_, LXX.2Ki.3.29.)]
Attic dialect ἐλαττόω: aorist ἠλάττωσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.9, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.21.5)]: perfect ἠλλάττωκα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 6, etc.)]:—passive, future -ωθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.34, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.66)]: future middle in same sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.11, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.104:)]aorist ἠλασσώθην, -ττώθην, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.77, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.33)]: perfect ἠλάττωμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 7.3, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.4.3)]:—make less or smaller, diminish, reduce in amount, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 19.11 (2nd c.BC), “PLips.” 105.28 (1st c.AD))]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 918xi3 (2nd c.AD).)]
2 in early writers, lower, degrade, τὴν πόλιν [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.9, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.17; ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ᾽ ἀγγέλους LXX.Psa.8.6)]; cut down, shorten, συναλοιφαῖς τὰ ῥήματα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 6)]: with genitive, detract from, μὴ προστιθέναι τιμήν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐλασσοῦν τῆς ὑπαρχούσης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42)]:—middle, reduce the power of, τινάς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 22.15.1.)]
II passive,
II.1 absolutely, to be lessened, suffer loss, be depreciated, of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.62)]; of persons, [NT+4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.59, +others, “OGI” 139.10(2nd c.BC), “PTeb.” 382.13 (1st c.BC), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.32 O., +others, NT.John.3.30, etc.; μέγα τοῦθ᾽ οἱ πατέρες ἠλαττώμεθα 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 7.3)]; also, take less than one's due, waive one's rights or privileges, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 56.14)]; but, fall short of one's professions, act dishonestly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.49.)]
II.2 with dative of things, have the worst of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.11, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.104, etc.; τῷ πολέμῳ [prev. author] 1.115)]; to be inferior, τῇ ἐμπειρίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.72; πολλαῖς ναυσί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.5.15; πᾶσι τούτοις [prev. work] 6.2.28)]; ἠλαττωμένος τοῖς ὄμμασι, of a one-eyed man, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.4.3; πρός τινα “POxy.” 215ii18)]: with genitive, fall short of, τῶν ἀρχετύπων [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.606.)]
II.3 with genitive person, to be at a disadvantage with a person, πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔγωγ᾽ ἐλαττοῦμαι κατὰ τουτονὶ τὸν ἀγῶν᾽ Αἰσχίνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.3; ἐλαττοῦσθαί τινός τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.121b; μηδὲν τῶν δημιουργῶν [prev. author] “Grg.” 459c.)]
II.4 with genitive of things, suffer loss in respect of, κεφαλαίου, τόκων, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BGU” 155.10 (2nd c.AD))]; to be in want of, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.21.15(16): also with _dative_, LXX.2Ki.3.29.)]