ἘΛΑΤΤΩΝ, ἐλαττων
ELATTŌN, elattōn
Sounds Like: eh-LAT-tohn
Translations: less, smaller, inferior, a lesser, a smaller, an inferior
From the root: ἘΛΑΤΤΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a comparative adjective meaning 'less', 'smaller', or 'inferior'. It is used to describe something that is of a lesser quantity, size, or quality compared to something else. For example, it might describe a kingdom that is 'smaller' than another, or a person who is 'inferior' in status.
Inflection: Nominative, Singular, Masculine or Feminine; Nominative, Accusative, Singular, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1640 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:8
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, ἘΛΑΤΤΩΝ.
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.
- ἘΛΑΤΤΟΝΑ — less, smaller, inferior, a less, a smaller, an inferior
- ἘΛΑΤΤΟΣΙΝ — to the less, to the fewer, to the smaller, to the inferior
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