ἘΛΑΣΣΟΝΑ, ἐλασσονα
ELASSONA, elassona
Sounds Like: eh-LAS-soh-nah
Translations: less, smaller, inferior, a less one, a smaller one
From the root: ἘΛΑΣΣΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a comparative adjective meaning 'less' or 'smaller'. It is used to indicate a lesser quantity, size, or importance when comparing two or more things. For example, it can be used in a sentence like 'This is less than that' or 'He is smaller than his brother'.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1640 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 2:66
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 16:46
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 88:2
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 2 — 1:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΛΑΣΣΩΝ.
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.
- ἘΛΑΣΣΟΝΟΣ — of less, of smaller, of inferior
- ἘΛΑΣΣΟΥΣ — less, smaller, inferior
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