King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1641
Transliteration: elattoneō
Phonetic Spelling: (el-at-ton-eh-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be less
Meaning: to be less
ἐλαττονέω (Buttmann, 7), ἐλαττόνω: 1 aorist ἠλαττόνησα; (ἔλαττον); not found in secular authors (yet see Aristotle, de plant. 2, 3, p. 825a, 23); to be less, inferior (in possessions): 2 Corinthians 8:15 from Exodus 16:18. (Proverbs 11:24; Sir. 19:6 (Sir. 19:5); also transitively, to make less, diminish: Genesis 8:3; Proverbs 14:34; 2 Macc. 13:19, etc.)
Word Summary
elattoneō: to be less
Original Word: ἐλαττονέωTransliteration: elattoneō
Phonetic Spelling: (el-at-ton-eh-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be less
Meaning: to be less
Strong's Concordance
have lack. From elasson; to diminish, i.e. Fall short -- have lack.
see GREEK elasson
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1641: ἐλαττονέωἐλαττονέω (Buttmann, 7), ἐλαττόνω: 1 aorist ἠλαττόνησα; (ἔλαττον); not found in secular authors (yet see Aristotle, de plant. 2, 3, p. 825a, 23); to be less, inferior (in possessions): 2 Corinthians 8:15 from Exodus 16:18. (Proverbs 11:24; Sir. 19:6 (Sir. 19:5); also transitively, to make less, diminish: Genesis 8:3; Proverbs 14:34; 2 Macc. 13:19, etc.)