ἨΛΑΤΤΟΝΗΣΕΝ, ἠλαττονησεν
ĒLATTONĒSEN, ēlattonēsen
Sounds Like: ay-lat-TOH-nay-sen
Translations: he diminished, he made less, he lessened, he was diminished, he was made less, he was lessened
From the root: ΕΛΑΤΤΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of making something less, diminishing it, or causing it to decrease. It can be used transitively (to make something else less) or intransitively (to become less oneself). In the provided context, it refers to something not being diminished or not becoming less.
Inflection: Third Person Singular, Aorist, Indicative, Active
Strong’s number: G1642 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 16:18
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 2 Corinthians — 8:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΛΑΤΤΟΝΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΛΑΤΤΟΝΗ — be less, be inferior, lack, diminish, decrease
- ΗΛΑΤΤΟΝΗΣΕΝ — he made less, he diminished, he lessened, he made inferior, he made lower
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