2001 Translation

ELACHISTON, elachiston

Sounds Like: eh-LAKH-iss-ton

Translations: least, smallest, very small, a least, a smallest

From the root: ΕΛΑΧΥΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is the superlative form of the adjective 'small' or 'little'. It describes something as being the absolute smallest or least in quantity, size, or importance. It is often used to emphasize the insignificance or minimal nature of something.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative, Superlative

Strong’s number: G1646 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 16:16
• Luke — 12:26
• 1 Corinthians — 4:3

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΛΑΧΥΣ.

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.

• ΕΛΑΣΣΟΝ — less, smaller, inferior, a lesser, a smaller, a less
• ΕΛΑΣΣΟΝΙ — (to) less, (to) smaller, (to) inferior
• ΕΛΑΧΙΣΤΟΣ — least, smallest, very small, very little, humblest, most insignificant
• ΕΛΑΧΥΣ — least, smallest, very small, insignificant, a least, the least

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