Lexicon elachistoteros: less than the least. Original Word: ἐλαχιστότερος, α, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: elachistoteros Phonetic Spelling: (el-akh-is-tot'-er-os) Short Definition: the smallest, least important Definition: the smallest, least important. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origincptv. of elachistos, q.v. Thayer's STRONGS NT 1647: ἐλαχιστοτεροςἐλαχιστοτερος, ἐλαχιστερα, ἐλαχιστερον (comparitive formed from the superlative ἐλάχιστος; there is also a superlative ἐλαχιστοτατος; "it is well known that this kind of double comparison is common in the poets; but in prose, it is regarded as faulty." Lob. ad Phryn., p. 136; cf. Winers Grammar, § 11, 2 b. (also 27 (26); Buttmann, 28 (25))), less than the least, lower than the lowest: Ephesians 3:8.
Strong's less than the least. Comparative of elachistos; far less -- less than the least. see GREEK elachistos |
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