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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:54 - “To a larger group you shall increase their inheritance, and to a smaller group you shall decrease their inheritance; each shall be given their inheritance corresponding to the total of those who were numbered of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - ‘You shall maintain the land as an inheritance by lot according to your families; to the larger you shall give more inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall pass on land as an inheritance according to the tribes of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:15 - “Do I lack insane people, that you have brought this one to behave like an insane person in my presence? Shall this one come into my house?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - “May it turn upon the head of Joab and on all his father’s house; and may there not be eliminated from the house of Joab someone who suffers a discharge, or has leprosy, or [fn]holds the spindle, or falls by the sword, or lacks bread.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:5 -

Yet You have made him a little lower than [fn]God,

And You crown him with glory and majesty!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 -

‘From them will come a song of thanksgiving

And the voices of those who [fn]celebrate;

And I will multiply them and they will not decrease;

I will honor them and they will not be insignificant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:10 -

“Heap on the wood, kindle the fire,

[fn]Cook the meat thoroughly

And mix in the spices,

And let the bones be burned up.

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