elassōnos

Strong’sG1640

less, smaller, inferior

stem elassōn-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books0 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ἐλάσσων (-ττων, He 7:7, WH, 1 Ti 5:9), -ον

(formed, with superl. ἐλάχιστος, from the epic ἐλαχύς, little, and serving as compar. of μικρός), [in LXX for מָעַט, etc.;]

less, in age, rank or quality: Jo 2:19, Ro 9:12 (LXX), He 7:7; neut., -ον, adverbially: I Ti 5:9.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1640 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidel-as'-sone

smaller (in size, quantity, age or quality)

Fromcomparative of the same as G1646;

King Jamesless, under, worse, younger.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἐλάσσ-ων,
Attic dialect ἐλάττων, ον, genitive ονος: superlative ἐλάχιστος (which see): — smaller, less, formed from ἐλαχύς (which see), but serving as comparative to μικρός, δουρηνεκὲς ἢ καὶ ἔλασσον Refs 8th c.BC+; τοὔλασσον ἔχειν to have the worse, be worse off, πάντῃ Refs 6th c.BC+; ἐλάττω νομίσας τὴν ἀρχὴν ἢ κατὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν εἶναι too small for.., Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, too small, Refs 4th c.BC+; below the average in height, Refs
2 with genitive person, worse than, inferior to, Refs 5th c.BC+: but with genitive of things, giving way to, subservient to, σιτίων Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, worse, inferior, τόποι Refs
3 neuter with Preps., περὶ ἐλάσσονος ποιεῖσθαι to consider of less account, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπ᾽ ἔλαττον (i.e. ἁρμοσθῆναι) Refs; δι᾽ ἐλάσσονος at less distance, Refs 5th c.BC+
II of Number, fewer, οἱ ἐλάσσονες the minority, Refs 5th c.BC+
III of Time, shorter, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV of worth or rank, οἱ ἐ. the meaner sort, Refs 5th c.BC+
V neuter ἔλασσον, as adverb, ἔ. ἢ μηδέν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔ. ἄπωθεν less far off, Refs 5th c.BC+; πλείω ἔλαττον, with numbers, more or less, Refs 4th c.AD+ adverb,= ἐλαττονάκιςRefs 5th c.BC+ adverb ἐλασσόνως (which see).
VI with indeclinable Numerals, the ἤ of Comparison is often omitted, οὐκ ἐλάττους ὀγδοήκοντα Refs 1st c.BC+; especially in adverb ἔλασσον, as μὴ ἔ. δέκα ἔτη Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

inferior2×less than1×younger1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	elassōnos	elassōnas	elassōnem	elassōnois	elassōnais	elassōneim
object accusative	elassōnon	elassōnan		elassōnoin	elassōnain
direct address vocative	elassōnor	elassōnar		elassōnoir	elassōnair
of, belonging to genitive	elassōnou	elassōnau	elassōneu	elassōnoiu	elassōnaiu	elassōneiu
to, for dative	elassōno	elassōna	elassōne	elassōnoi	elassōnai	elassōnei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

elassōnstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

elassōn is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

elassōnem2×

1 Timothy 5:9“less than”Chēras katalegotōr mē elassōnem eteiu hexēkonta genarēntas, henou androu gunaikas,A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, faithful to her husband,

Hebrews 7:7“inferior”chōris de pantau antilogiau tem elassōnem hupo tou kreittonou eulogotō.And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.

elassōnon1×

John 2:10“inferior”… oinon tithatō, kai hotan methuileia ton elassōnon; sis tērasē ton kalon oinon heōs …… said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”

elassōno1×

Romans 9:12… auta hoti Tos megoteros douleuati to elassōno;… told, “The older will serve the younger.”