ΛΕΠΤΗΝ, λεπτην
LEPTĒN, leptēn
Sounds Like: lep-TEEN
Translations: thin, fine, small, insignificant, a small coin, a mite
From the root: ΛΕΠΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something as thin, fine, or small in size or value. It can refer to physical thinness or to something being insignificant. In the context of money, it refers to a very small coin, often translated as a 'mite' or 'farthing' in English Bibles. It is a compound word, but its parts are not typically broken down in this context.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3016 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Isaiah — 27:9
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Isaiah — 27:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΕΠΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΛΕΠΤ — thin, fine, small, insignificant, poor, meager
- ΛΕΠΤΑ — thin, fine, small, light, insignificant, a mite, a small coin
- ΛΕΠΤΗ — thin, fine, small, insignificant, a mite, mite
- ΛΕΠΤΗΣ — thin, fine, delicate, soft, gentle, small, insignificant, poor
- ΛΕΠΤΟΙ — thin, fine, slender, small, a small coin, a mite
- ΛΕΠΤΟΝ — thin, fine, delicate, small, insignificant, a mite, a small coin
- ΛΕΠΤΟΣ — thin, fine, small, insignificant, a mite, a lepton
- ΛΕΠΤΟΤΑΤΟΙΣ — thinnest, finest, smallest, most delicate, most subtle
- ΛΕΠΤΟΤΑΤΩΝ — of very small, of very fine, of very thin, of very light, of very delicate, of very subtle
- ΛΕΠΤΟΤΕΡΟΝ — thinner, finer, smaller, more delicate, more subtle
- ΛΕΠΤΟΤΗΤΑ — thinness, fineness, delicacy, subtlety
- ΛΕΠΤΥΝΙΣ — thinness, fineness, smallness, a thinning, a making thin
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