Strong’s G1640 · Greek
ἐλάσσων
elássōn · el-as'-sone
Origin comparative of the same as ἐλάχιστος (G1646);
Meaning smaller (in size, quantity, age or quality)
In the King James Version less, under, worse, younger.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- John 2:10And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
- Romans 9:12It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
- 1 Timothy 5:9Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
- Hebrews 7:7And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.