Strong G2276ἥσσων
less/worse
- Transliteration
- hētton
- Pronunciation
- hate'-ton
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Neuter of a compound of ἧκα hēka ( slightly) used for that of G2556; worse (as noun); by implication less (as adverb): - less worse.
Detailed definition
ἥσσων (Rec. ἥττ-, the Attic literary form), ἧσσων,
inferior, less; neut., τὸ ἧ., adverbially, less: 2Co.12:15; εἰς τὸ ἧ., for the worse (opposite to κρεῖττον): 1Co.11:17.†
(AS)
inferior, less; neut., τὸ ἧ., adverbially, less: 2Co.12:15; εἰς τὸ ἧ., for the worse (opposite to κρεῖττον): 1Co.11:17.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2276 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- less1
- worse1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 11:17Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
- 2 Corinthians 12:15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἥσσων,
ἧσσον, genitive ονος; Attic dialect ἥττων, Ionic dialect ἥσσων (not ἕσσων) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below), 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 50, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 2: formed from ἦκα (properly ἠσσ-, compare ἤκιστος), but in sense _comparative_ of κακός, μικρός)]:
I with genitive person, inferior; especially in force, weaker, αἴθ᾽ ὅσον ἥ. εἰμὶ τόσον σέο φέρτερος εἴην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.722)]; of horses, [Refs (23.322, +others)]; ῥώμῃ ἥσσονες τῶν Περσέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8 113, compare 9.62; γυναικῶν ἥσσονες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 680; Κύπριδος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 631)]; ἔς τι in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.102: with)]infinitive modi, ἥσς. τινὸς θέειν not so good at running, [Refs ([prev. work] 105)]; οὐδενὸς ἥσς. γνῶναι second to none in judging, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60)]; ἱππεύειν ἥττ. τῶν ἡλίκων inferior to them in riding, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.15.)]
I.2 absolutely, οἱ ἥσς. the weaker party, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 203, 489)]; οὐχ ἥσσους γενέσθαι to have the best of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.72)]; τὸ λαμβάνειν τὰ τῶν ἡττ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.32: with _dative_ modi, ἥσσονες ναυμαχίῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.86: with _accusative_ modi, τὸν νοῦν ἥσς. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1023, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.4)]; of things, τὸν ἥττω λόγον κρείττω ποιεῖν 'to make the worse appear the better cause', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 114: _plural_, οἱ ἥττους λόγοι [prev. work] 1042, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.15; τὸ ἧσς. ἀδικία νέμεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 379 (Lyric poetry).)]
I.2.b less, fewer, ἵνα πλείω μὲν ἀκούωμεν, ἥττονα δὲ λέγωμεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.68.)]
II with genitive of things, giving way or yielding to a thing, a slave to.. , τοῦ τῆσδ᾽ ἔρωτος εἰς ἅπανθ᾽ ἥσς. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 489; τῶν αἰσχρῶν [prev. author] “Ant.” 747; ὀργῆς [prev. author] “fragment” 929; γάμων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1354; κέρδους 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 363; ἡδονῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 353c; γαστρὸς ἢ οἴνου ἢ ἀφροδισίων ἢ πόνου ἢ ὕπνου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.5.1; χρημάτων 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus [same place], 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 121)]: generally, unable to resist, τοῦ πεπρωμένου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1660; νόσων καὶ γήρως 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.78)]; οἱ ἥττους τῶν πόνων [ἵπποι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 1.3, 2.78.)]
III neuter ἧσσον, ἧττον, as adverb, less, ὀλίγον δέ τί μ᾽ ἧσς. ἐτίμα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.365, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 264 (_anapaest meter_); ἧσσόν τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.75; ἧσς. ἑτέρων [prev. author] 1.84)]; ὁμοίως τε τρωθεὶς καὶ ἧσς. Hp.[same place]: mostly with Verbs, but also with adjectives, ἀριστοκρατίαι.. αἱ μὲν ἧττ., αἱ δὲ μᾶλλον μόνιμοι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307a14, compare “Mete.” 340b8)]: with a comparative, ἧττ. ἀκριβέστερον [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 957b8; ἧττ. εὐληπτοτέραν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.43 codices: with _negative_, οὐχ ἧσς., οὐδ᾽ ἧσς)]., not a whit less, just as much, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 181, 708, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8)]; οὐδὲν ἧσς., μηδὲν ἧσς., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 276, 1329)]; for τὸ μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττ., see at {μάλα}.
ἧσσον, genitive ονος; Attic dialect ἥττων, Ionic dialect ἥσσων (not ἕσσων) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below), 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 50, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 2: formed from ἦκα (properly ἠσσ-, compare ἤκιστος), but in sense _comparative_ of κακός, μικρός)]:
I with genitive person, inferior; especially in force, weaker, αἴθ᾽ ὅσον ἥ. εἰμὶ τόσον σέο φέρτερος εἴην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.722)]; of horses, [Refs (23.322, +others)]; ῥώμῃ ἥσσονες τῶν Περσέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8 113, compare 9.62; γυναικῶν ἥσσονες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 680; Κύπριδος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 631)]; ἔς τι in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.102: with)]infinitive modi, ἥσς. τινὸς θέειν not so good at running, [Refs ([prev. work] 105)]; οὐδενὸς ἥσς. γνῶναι second to none in judging, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60)]; ἱππεύειν ἥττ. τῶν ἡλίκων inferior to them in riding, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.15.)]
I.2 absolutely, οἱ ἥσς. the weaker party, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 203, 489)]; οὐχ ἥσσους γενέσθαι to have the best of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.72)]; τὸ λαμβάνειν τὰ τῶν ἡττ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.32: with _dative_ modi, ἥσσονες ναυμαχίῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.86: with _accusative_ modi, τὸν νοῦν ἥσς. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1023, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.4)]; of things, τὸν ἥττω λόγον κρείττω ποιεῖν 'to make the worse appear the better cause', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 114: _plural_, οἱ ἥττους λόγοι [prev. work] 1042, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.15; τὸ ἧσς. ἀδικία νέμεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 379 (Lyric poetry).)]
I.2.b less, fewer, ἵνα πλείω μὲν ἀκούωμεν, ἥττονα δὲ λέγωμεν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.68.)]
II with genitive of things, giving way or yielding to a thing, a slave to.. , τοῦ τῆσδ᾽ ἔρωτος εἰς ἅπανθ᾽ ἥσς. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 489; τῶν αἰσχρῶν [prev. author] “Ant.” 747; ὀργῆς [prev. author] “fragment” 929; γάμων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1354; κέρδους 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 363; ἡδονῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 353c; γαστρὸς ἢ οἴνου ἢ ἀφροδισίων ἢ πόνου ἢ ὕπνου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.5.1; χρημάτων 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus [same place], 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 121)]: generally, unable to resist, τοῦ πεπρωμένου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1660; νόσων καὶ γήρως 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.78)]; οἱ ἥττους τῶν πόνων [ἵπποι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 1.3, 2.78.)]
III neuter ἧσσον, ἧττον, as adverb, less, ὀλίγον δέ τί μ᾽ ἧσς. ἐτίμα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.365, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 264 (_anapaest meter_); ἧσσόν τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.75; ἧσς. ἑτέρων [prev. author] 1.84)]; ὁμοίως τε τρωθεὶς καὶ ἧσς. Hp.[same place]: mostly with Verbs, but also with adjectives, ἀριστοκρατίαι.. αἱ μὲν ἧττ., αἱ δὲ μᾶλλον μόνιμοι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307a14, compare “Mete.” 340b8)]: with a comparative, ἧττ. ἀκριβέστερον [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 957b8; ἧττ. εὐληπτοτέραν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.43 codices: with _negative_, οὐχ ἧσς., οὐδ᾽ ἧσς)]., not a whit less, just as much, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 181, 708, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8)]; οὐδὲν ἧσς., μηδὲν ἧσς., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 276, 1329)]; for τὸ μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττ., see at {μάλα}.