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
ἥττημαι; 1 aorist
ἡττήθην (
ἡσσώθην,
2 Corinthians 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. manuscript, p. 90; WHs Appendix, p. 166; Buttmann, 59 (52); Veitch, under the word]); to be made inferior; to be overcome, worsted: in war, ὑπό τινος, 2 Macc. 10:24; universally, τινί [cf. Buttmann, 168 (147); Winer's Grammar, 219 (206)], to be conquered by one, forced to yield to one, 2 Peter 2:19; absolute, 2 Peter 2:20. τὶ ὑπέρ τινα, equivalent to ἥττον ἔχω τι, to hold a thing inferior, set below, [on the accusative (ὅ) cf. Buttmann § 131, 10; and on the comparitive use of ὑπέρ see ὑπέρ, II. 2 b.], 2 Corinthians 12:13.
Related entry:
ἡσσάομαι, see ἡττάω and under the entry Σ, σ, ς.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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2 Corinthians
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12:13; 12:13
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2 Peter
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2:19; 2:20
