ἘΛΑΤΤΟΥΣΘΑΙ, ἐλαττουσθαι
ELATTOUSTHAI, elattousthai
Sounds Like: eh-lat-TOOS-thigh
Translations: to be made less, to be diminished, to decrease, to be inferior, to be reduced
From the root: ΕΛΑΤΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the present passive infinitive form of the verb 'elattoō', meaning 'to make less' or 'to diminish'. As an infinitive, it functions like a verbal noun, often used after verbs like 'begin to', 'want to', or 'be able to', indicating the action of being made less or decreasing. For example, it could be used in a sentence like 'they desired to be diminished' or 'it is necessary to decrease'.
Inflection: Present, Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1642 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:241
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- John — 3:30
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΛΑΤΤΩ.
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.
- ΑΤΤΟΥΣΙ — they diminish, they lessen, they make less, they reduce
- ἘΛΑΤΤΟΥΜΑΙ — to be made less, to be diminished, to be inferior, to be lacking, to be worse
- ἘΛΑΤΤΩ — less, smaller, inferior, worse
- ΕΛΑΤʼΤΩΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will be made less, will be diminished, will be made inferior, will be brought low
- ΕΛΑΤΤΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — being made less, being diminished, being inferior, being made lower, being reduced
- ΕΛΑΤΤΩ — to make less, to diminish, to decrease, to be less, to be inferior, to be diminished, to be made less
- ΕΛΑΤΤΩΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be made less, they will be diminished, they will be decreased, they will be made inferior
- ἨΛΑΤΤΩ — I was made less, I was diminished, I was made inferior, I was humbled, I was reduced
- ΗΛΑΤΤΩ — to diminish, to make less, to humble, to be made lower, to be inferior
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