ἘΛΑΣΣΟΝ, ἐλασσον
ELASSON, elasson
Sounds Like: eh-LAS-son
Translations: less, smaller, inferior, a lesser, a smaller
From the root: ΕΛΑΣΣΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a comparative adjective meaning 'less' or 'smaller'. It is used to indicate a lesser degree or quantity of something, or to describe something as inferior in size, importance, or quality. It can be used attributively (e.g., 'the lesser light') or predicatively (e.g., 'he is less').
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1640 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 11:7
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΛΑΣΣΩΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΛΑΣΣΟΝΙ — (to) less, (to) smaller, (to) inferior
- ἘΛΑΣΣΟΝΩΣ — less, less than, in a lesser degree, in a smaller way
- ἘΛΑΣΣΩΝ — less, smaller, inferior, younger
- ΕΛΑΣΣΟΝΟΥΣΙ — they make less, they diminish, they make smaller, they are made less, they are diminished, they are made smaller
- ΕΛΑΣΣΟΥΜΕΝΩ — (to) lesser, (to) smaller, (to) inferior, (to) younger
- ΕΛΑΣΣΩ — less, smaller, a lesser, a smaller
- ΕΛΑΣΣΩΝ — less, smaller, inferior, younger
- ΕΛΑΤʼΤΟΝΙ — less, smaller, inferior, fewer, a lesser, a smaller, an inferior
- ΕΛΑΤΤΟΣ — less, smaller, inferior, of less importance, of less value
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