ἥσσων hētton, hēssōn · G2276

less/worse

ἥσσων (Rec. ἥττ-, the Attic literary form), ἧσσων, ; inferior, less; neut., τὸ ἧ., adverbially, less: 2Co.12:15; εἰς τὸ ἧ., for the worse (opposite to κρεῖττον): 1Co.11:17.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἥσσων, ; ἧσσον, genitive ονος; Attic dialect ἥττων, Ionic dialect ἥσσων (not ἕσσων) []: ; I with genitive person, inferior; especially in force, weaker, αἴθ᾽ ὅσον ἥ. εἰμὶ τόσον σέο φέρτερος εἴην []; of horses, []; ῥώμῃ ἥσσονες τῶν Περσέων []; ἔς τι in a thing, []infinitive modi, ἥσς. τινὸς θέειν not so good at running, []; οὐδενὸς ἥσς. γνῶναι second to none in judging, []; ἱππεύειν ἥττ. τῶν ἡλίκων inferior to them in riding, []; I.2 absolutely, οἱ ἥσς. the weaker party, []; οὐχ ἥσσους γενέσθαι …

Where it's used 2 times

1 Corinthians 11:17 · 2 Corinthians 12:15

Source: TBESG G2276; TFLSJ G2276

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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