Lexicon
elachistos: least (in size, amount, dignity, etc.)
Original Word: ἐλάχιστος, ίστη, ιστονPart of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: elachistos
Phonetic Spelling: (el-akh'-is-tos)
Short Definition: least, smallest, very little
Definition: least, smallest, but perhaps oftener in the weaker sense: very little, very small.
HELPS word-Studies
1646 eláxistos – the superlative (-est form) of 3398 /mikrós ("small") meaning "the very least, smallest."
Lk 16:10: "He who is faithful in a very little (1646 /eláxistos) thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little (1646 /eláxistos) thing is unrighteous also in much" (NASU).
Lk 19:17: "And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little (1646 /eláxistos) thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities' " (NASU).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originsuperl. of elachus (little), also used as superl. to
mikrosDefinitionleast (in size, amount, dignity, etc.)
NASB Translationleast (6), smallest (1), very least (1), very little thing (4), very small (1), very small thing (1).
