ἐλαττ-όω, v. cross ἐλασσόω.

ἐλασσ-όω,

I Att. ἐλασς-ττόω: aor. ἠλάττωσα Lys. 13.9, Plb. 16.21.5: pf. ἠλλάττωκα D.H. Comp. 6, etc.: - Pass., fut. -ωθήσομαι Th. 5.34, D. 21.66: fut. Med. in same sense, Hdt. 6.11, Th. 5.104: aor. ἠλασσώθην, -ττώθην, Id. 1.77, D. 10.33: pf. ἠλάττωμαι Apollod.Com. 7.3, Plb. 18.4.3: -

1. make less or smaller, diminish, reduce in amount, PTeb. 19.11 (ii B.C.), PLips. 105.28 (i A.D.): - Pass., POxy. 918xi3 (ii A.D.).

2. in early writers, lower, degrade, τὴν πόλιν Lys. 13.9, Isoc. 8.17; ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ’ ἀγγέλους LXX Psa 8:6; cut down, shorten, συναλοιφαῖς τὰ ῥήματα D.H. Comp. 6: c. gen., detract from, μὴ προστιθέναι τιμήν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐλασσοῦν τῆς ὑπαρχούσης Th. 3.42: - Med., reduce the power of, τινάς Plb. 22.15.1.

II Pass.,

1 abs., to be lessened, suffer loss, be depreciated, of things, Th. 2.62; of persons, Id. 4.59,al., OGI 139.10 (ii B.C.), PTeb. 382.13 (i B.C.), Phld. Lib. p.32 O., al., Joh 3:30, etc.; μέγα τοῦθ’ οἱ πατέρες ἠλαττώμεθα Apollod.Com. 7.3; also, take less than one’s due, waive one’s rights or privileges, Th. 1.77, D. 56.14; but, fall short of one’s professions, act dishonestly, Isoc. 1.49.

2. c. dat. rei, have the worst of it, Hdt. 6.11, Th. 5.104, etc.; τῷ πολέμῳ Id. 1.115; to be inferior, τῇ ἐμπειρίᾳ Id. 5.72; πολλαῖς ναυσί X. HG 1.5.15; πᾶσι τούτοις ib. 6.2.28; ἠλαττωμένος τοῖς ὄμμασι, of a one-eyed man, Plb. 18.4.3; πρός τινα POxy. 215ii18: c. gen., fall short of, τῶν ἀρχετύπων Ph. 1.606.

3. c. gen. pers., to be at a disadvantage with a person, πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔγωγ’ ἐλαττοῦμαι κατὰ τουτονὶ τὸν ἀγῶν’ Αἰσχίνου D. 18.3; ἐλαττοῦσθαί τινός τινι Pl. Alc. 1.121b; μηδὲν τῶν δημιουργῶν Id. Grg. 459c.

4. c. gen. rei, suffer loss in respect of, κεφαλαίου, τόκων, BGU 155.10 (ii A.D.); to be in want of, LXX 1Sa 21:15(16): also c. dat., ib. 2Sa 3:29.

ἐλαττόω elattoō 3x

    to make less or inferior, Heb 2:7; pass. to be made less or inferior, Heb 2:9; to decline in importance, Joh 3:30

G1642 — ἐλαττόω

(Buttmann, 7), ἐλάττω: 1 aorist ἠλαττωσα; passive, (present ἐλαττοῦμαι); perfect participle ἠλαττωμενος; (ἐλαττῶν); to make less or inferior: τινα, in dignity, Heb 2:7; passive to be made less or inferior: in dignity, Heb 2:9; to decrease (opposed to αὐξάνω), in authority and popularity, Joh 3:30. (Many times in the Sept.; in Greek writings from Thucydides on.)

ἐλαττόω , - ῶ

( < ἐλάιττων ),

[in LXX (where also - σσῶ ) chiefly for H2637, and very freq . in Sir;]

to make less: Heb 2:7 ( LXX ); pass ., Joh 3:30, Heb 2:9. †

詞類次數：動詞（3）

原文字根：（使成為）次等的 相當於：H535（אָמַל‎） H2638（חָסֵר‎） H4591（מָעַט‎） H8552（תָּמַם‎）

字義溯源：減輕，減小，衰微，微；源自（G1640（ἐλάσσων / ἐλάττων）=較小的）；而G1640（ἐλάσσων / ἐλάττων）出自（G1646（ἐλάχιστος）=最小的），G1646（ἐλάχιστος）又出自（G1647（ἐλάχιστος）X*=短）

出現次數：總共（3）；約（1）；來（2）

譯字彙編：

1）你使⋯微（1）來2:7；

2）微（1）來2:9；

3）衰微（1）約3:30