ΗΤΤΩΝ, ηττων
ĒTTŌN, ēttōn
Sounds Like: HET-tohn
Translations: inferior, weaker, worse, less
From the root: ΗΤΤΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a comparative adjective meaning 'inferior,' 'weaker,' or 'worse.' It is used to describe something that is of lesser quality, strength, or value compared to something else. It often implies a disadvantage or a state of being overcome.
Inflection: Comparative, Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G2276 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:257
Codex Sinaiticus
- Wisdom — 17:12
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 7:184
- Book 6 — 4:51
- Book 12 — 6:158
- Book 13 — 8:233, 11:319
- Book 15 — 6:201
- Book 16 — 7:199
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΗΤΤΩΝ.
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.
- ΗΤΤΟ — less, worse, inferior, fewer, not less, no less
- ΗΤΤΟΝΑ — less, a less, inferior, a worse
- ΗΤΤΟΝΕΣ — less, inferior, weaker, lesser ones, inferior ones, weaker ones
- ΗΤΤΟΝΙ — less, inferior, worse
- ΗΤΤΟΝΟΣ — of less, of inferior, of a lesser, of an inferior
- ΗΤΤΟΝΤΩΝ — of less, of inferior, of weaker, of defeated, of those being defeated, of those being made inferior
- ΗΤΤΟΣΙ — to inferior ones, to lesser ones, to weaker ones
- ΗΤΤΩ — inferior, worse, less, a worse, an inferior
- ΗΤΩΝ — less, worse, inferior, a lesser, a worse
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