Greek verb · G2274
ἡττάω
hettaohayt-tah'-o
to be inferior; to be overcome
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hēttáō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2274is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2274
to make worse, i.e. vanquish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to rate lower
The King James renders it: be inferior, overcome.
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
hettao is rendered "to be inferior; to be overcome". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in 2 Peter, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to be inferior".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 12:13In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
2 Corinthians 12:13ἡσσώθητε
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's three uses are in 2 Peter.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to be inferior, and to be overcome.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to be inferiorbefore ὑπέρ, 2Co.12:13. | Tagged as
| Where2 Corinthians 12:13In what way were you inferior to the other churches… |
| to be overcomeabsol., 2Pe.2:20; with dative, 2Pe.2:19.† (AS) | Tagged as
| Where2 Peter 2:19They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity… |
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.
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
- ἡσσώθητε1
- ἥττηται1
- ἡττῶνται1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-API-2P
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PNI-3P
- verb · perfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RNI-3S
2 Corinthians
one use
In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
- ἡσσώθητεhessotheteverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you were inferior
2 Peter
two uses
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
- ἥττηταιhettetaiverb · perfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been subdued
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
- ἡττῶνταιhettontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they are subdued
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.