Lexicon entry · Greek
G1640ἐλάσσωνelassōn
lesserPart of speech: Greek Adjective
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And said to him, Every man first puts out his best wine and when all have had enough he puts out what is not so good; but you have kept the good wine till now.
ἐλάσσω· elassō “inferior;”
It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger.
ἐλάσσονι· elassoni “younger;”
Let no woman be numbered among the widows who is under sixty years old, and only if she has been the wife of one man,
ἔλαττον elatton “less”
But there is no doubt that the less gets his blessing from the greater.
ἔλαττον elatton “inferior”