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ΕΛΑΣΣΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ, ελασσουμενος
ELASSOUMENOS, elassoumenos
Sounds Like: eh-las-SOO-meh-nos
Translations: being made less, being diminished, being reduced, being inferior
From the root: ΕΛΑΣΣΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the present passive participle of the verb 'elassoo' (or 'elassonoo'), meaning 'to make less' or 'to diminish'. As a participle, it functions like an adjective or adverb, describing someone or something that is in the process of being made less, diminished, or rendered inferior. It can be used to describe a state of being reduced in rank, importance, or size.
Inflection: Present, Passive, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Singular
Strong’s number: G1642 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Sirach — 38:24
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΛΑΣΣΟΩ.
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.
- ἘΛΑΣΣΟΝΟΥΣΙ — make less, diminish, make inferior, be inferior
- ΕΛΑΣΣΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — being made less, being diminished, being inferior, lessened, diminished, inferior
- ΗΛΑΣΣΩΘΗ — was made less, was made inferior, was diminished, was humbled
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