Lexical Summary elattoō: to make less (in rank or influence) Original Word: ἐλαττόωTransliteration: elattoō Phonetic Spelling: (el-at-to'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to make less (in rank or influence) Meaning: to make less (in rank or influence) Strong's Concordance decrease, make lower. From elasson; to lessen (in rank or influence) -- decrease, make lower. see GREEK elasson Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1642: ἐλαττόωἐλαττόω (Buttmann, 7), ἐλάττω: 1 aorist ἠλαττωσα; passive, (present ἐλαττοῦμαι); perfect participle ἠλαττωμενος; (ἐλαττῶν); to make less or inferior: τινα, in dignity, Hebrews 2:7; passive to be made less or inferior: in dignity, Hebrews 2:9; to decrease (opposed to αὐξάνω), in authority and popularity, John 3:30. (Many times in the Sept.; in Greek writings from Thucydides on.) |
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