ἘΛΑΤΤΟΥΣΙΝ, ἐλαττουσιν
ELATTOUSIN, elattousin
Sounds Like: eh-LAT-too-sin
Translations: they diminish, they decrease, they make less
From the root: ἘΛΑΤΤΌΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to make something less, to diminish, or to decrease. It is used to describe a reduction in quantity, quality, or importance. For example, it can refer to a decrease in the number of something, or a reduction in someone's status or authority.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1642 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 30:24
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΛΑΤΤΌΩ.
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.
- ἘΛΑΤΤΟΝΩΘΕΝΤΕΣ — diminished, made less, reduced, lessened
- ἘΛΑΤΤΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — being made less, being diminished, being inferior, being made lower, being reduced
- ἘΛΑΤΤΩΘΩΣΙΝ — be diminished, be made less, decrease, be inferior, be brought low
- ἘΛΑΤΤΩΣΑΝ — they made less, they diminished, they lessened, they reduced, they made inferior
- ἨΛΑΤΤΩΘΗΜΕΝ — we were made less, we were diminished, we were brought low, we were humbled
- ἨΛΑΤΤΩΜΕΝΟΝ — made lower, made less, diminished, reduced
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