adjective

hēssōnem

Greekἥσσων (hēssōn)

Strong’sG2276

lesser, inferior, weaker

stem hēssōn-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books0 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

less1×worse1×

What it means

ἥσσων (Rec. ἥττ-, the Attic literary form), ἧσσον,

inferior, less; neut., τὸ ἧ., adverbially, less: II Co 12:15; εἰς τὸ ἧ., for the worse (opp. to κρεῖττον): I Co 11:17.†

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

Strong’s G2276 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhate'-ton

worse (as noun); by implication, less (as adverb)

Fromneuter of comparative of ἧκα (slightly) used for that of G2556;

King Jamesless, worse.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	hēssōnos	hēssōnas	hēssōnem	hēssōnois	hēssōnais	hēssōneim
object accusative	hēssōnon	hēssōnan		hēssōnoin	hēssōnain
direct address vocative	hēssōnor	hēssōnar		hēssōnoir	hēssōnair
of, belonging to genitive	hēssōnou	hēssōnau	hēssōneu	hēssōnoiu	hēssōnaiu	hēssōneiu
to, for dative	hēssōno	hēssōna	hēssōne	hēssōnoi	hēssōnai	hēssōnei

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

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

hēssōn 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

hēssōnem2×

1 Corinthians 11:17“worse”Houtem de parangellarōtos ouk epainamō hoti ouk eis tem kreittōnem alla eis tem hēssōnem sunerchevō.In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.

2 Corinthians 12:15“less”mis de hēdisteim dapanami kai ekdapanimi huper taiu psuchaiu vu. ei perissoterōs vin agaparōtos, hēssōnem agapimō?And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?