ἐλάσσων
elassōn
“lesser”
Definition
smaller (in size, quantity, age or quality)
comparative of the same as G1646 (ἐλάχιστος);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
G:A
Greek Adjective
Occurrences
ἐλάσσων appears 4 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,
And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.
and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
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