ΛΕΠΤΗ, λεπτη
LEPTĒ, leptē
Sounds Like: lep-TEE
Translations: thin, fine, small, insignificant, a mite, mite
From the root: ΛΕΠΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word can function as an adjective meaning 'thin,' 'fine,' 'small,' or 'insignificant.' It is also used as a noun to refer to a 'lepton' or 'mite,' which was the smallest Jewish coin, often mentioned in the New Testament in contexts of poverty or small offerings. It describes something of very little value or size.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3016 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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, 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
- ΛΕΠΤΗΝ — thin, fine, small, insignificant, a small coin, a 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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