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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 - Give the larger tribes more land and the smaller tribes less land, each group receiving a grant in proportion to the size of its population.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:54

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - You must distribute the land among the clans by sacred lot and in proportion to their size. A larger portion of land will be allotted to each of the larger clans, and a smaller portion will be allotted to each of the smaller clans. The decision of the sacred lot is final. In this way, the portions of land will be divided among your ancestral tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 21:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:15 - We already have enough of them around here! Why should I let someone like this be my guest?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:29 - Joab and his family are the guilty ones. May the family of Joab be cursed in every generation with a man who has open sores or leprosy[fn] or who walks on crutches[fn] or dies by the sword or begs for food!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:5 - Yet you made them only a little lower than God[fn]
and crowned them[fn] with glory and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:19 - There will be joy and songs of thanksgiving,
and I will multiply my people, not diminish them;
I will honor them, not despise them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:10 - Yes, heap on the wood!
Let the fire roar to make the pot boil.
Cook the meat with many spices,
and afterward burn the bones.
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