STRONGS G1642:
ἐλαττόω [Buttmann, 7],
-ῶ: 1 aorist
ἠλάττωσα; passive, [present
ἐλαττοῦμαι]; perfect participle
ἠλαττωμένος; (
ἐλάττων);
to make less or
inferior:
τινά, in dignity,
Hebrews 2:7; passive
to be made less or
inferior: in dignity,
Hebrews 2:9;
to decrease (opposed to
αὐξάνω), in authority and popularity,
John 3:30. (Many times in the
Sept.; in Greek writings from Thucydides on.)
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