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Lexicon :: Strong's G1642 - elattoō

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ἐλαττόω
Transliteration
elattoō (Key)
Pronunciation
el-at-to'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐλαττόω elattóō, el-at-to'-o; from G1640; to lessen (in rank or influence):—decrease, make lower.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G1642 in the following manner: make lower (2x), decrease (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G1642 in the following manner: make lower (2x), decrease (1x).
  1. to make less or inferior: in dignity

  2. to be made less or inferior: in dignity

  3. to decrease in authority or popularity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐλαττόω elattóō, el-at-to'-o; from G1640; to lessen (in rank or influence):—decrease, make lower.
STRONGS G1642:
ἐλαττόω [Buttmann, 7], -ῶ: 1 aorist ἠλάττωσα; passive, [present ἐλαττοῦμαι]; perfect participle ἠλαττωμένος; (ἐλάττων); to make less or inferior: τινά, 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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
3:30
Hebrews
2:7; 2:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1642 matches the Greek ἐλαττόω (elattoō),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:54 -

“Increase the inheritance for a large tribe and decrease it for a small one. Each is to be given its inheritance according to those who were registered in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 -

“You are to receive the land as an inheritance by lot according to your clans. Increase the inheritance for a large clan and decrease it for a small one. Whatever place the lot indicates for someone will be his. You will receive an inheritance according to your ancestral tribes.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:15 -

“Do I have such a shortage of crazy people that you brought this one to act crazy around me? Is this one going to come into my house? ”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 -

“May it hang over Joab’s head and his father’s whole family, and may the house of Joab never be without someone who has a discharge or a skin disease, or a man who can only work a spindle,[fn] or someone who falls by the sword or starves.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:5 -

You made him little less than God[fn][fn]

and crowned him with glory and honor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 -

Thanksgiving will come out of them,

a sound of rejoicing.

I will multiply them, and they will not decrease;

I will honor them, and they will not be insignificant.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:10 -

“Pile on the logs and kindle the fire!

Cook the meat well

and mix in the spices![fn][fn]

Let the bones be burned!

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