Greek verb · G1642
ἐλαττόω
elattooel-at-to'-o
to make less
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: elattóō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1642is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1642
to lessen (in rank or influence)
The King James renders it: decrease, make lower.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
elattoo is rendered "to make less". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 3:30He must increase; I must decrease.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
He must increase; I must decrease.
John 3:30ἐλαττοῦσθαι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- made lower1
- to decrease1
- You made lower1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐλαττονέω | elattoneo | to have little | Uses1 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐλαττοῦσθαι1
- ἠλαττωμένον1
- ἠλάττωσας1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-AAI-2S
- verb · present middle or passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PEN
- verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-RPP-ASM
John
one use
He must increase; I must decrease.
- ἐλαττοῦσθαιelattousthaiverb · present middle or passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to decrease
Hebrews
two uses
You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
- ἠλάττωσαςelattosasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: You made lower
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
- ἠλαττωμένονelattomenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: made lower
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.