ἡττάομαι hēttaomai 2x
to be less, inferior to; to fare worse; by impl. to be overcome, vanquished, [2Pe 2:19-20]
G2274 — ἡσσάομαι
see ἡττάω and under the word Sigma.
G2274 — ἡττάω
: (
ἥττων);
to make less, inferior, to overcome (the active is only in Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, Antiquities 12, 7, 1 (other examples in Veitch, under the word)); passive
ἡττάομαι, from (Sophocles and) Herodotus down; perfect
ή῾ττημαι; 1 aorist
ἡττήθην (
ἡσσωθην,
[2Co 12:13] L T Tr WH; in opposed to which form cf. Fritzsche, De conform. N. T. crit. quam Lachmann edition, p. 32 (yet see Kuenen and Cobet, N. T. ad fid. Vat., p. xc.; WHs Appendix, p. 166; Buttmann, 59 (52); Veitch, under the word));
to be made inferior; to be overcome, worsted: in war,
ὑπό τίνος, 2 Macc. 10:24; universally,
τίνι (cf. Buttmann, 168 (147); Winer's Grammar, 219 (206)), to be conquered by one, forced to yield to one,
[2Pe 2:19]; absolutely,
[2Pe 2:20].
τί ὑπέρ τινα, equivalent to
ἧττον ἔχω τί,
to hold a thing inferior, set below (on the accusative (
ὁ) cf. Buttmann, § 131, 10; and on the comparitive use of
ὑπέρ see
ὑπέρ, II. 2 b.),
[2Co 12:13].
ἡττάω , - ῶ
( ἡσσ -, [2Co 12:13], see ἥσσων ),
[in LXX for H2865, etc.;]
pass .,
1. to be inferior: seq . ὑπέρ , [2Co 12:13].
2. to be overcome: absol. , [2Pe 2:20]; c . dat ., [2Pe 2:19]. †
ἡσσάομαι , see ἡττάω .