ἡσσάομαι
hēssaomai
“be lesser”
Definition
to make worse, i.e. vanquish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to rate lower
from the same as G2276 (ἥττον);
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logos (G3056)
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Occurrences
ἡσσάομαι appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
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.
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