used as the superlative of μικρός, smallest, least, Mt. 2:6; 5:19

light, not heavy, Mt. 11:30; 2 Cor. 4:17*

lightness, in weight; hence, lightness of mind, levity, 2 Cor. 1:17*

to drive, urge forward, spur on, Lk. 8:29; Jas. 3:4; 2 Pet. 2:17; to impel a vessel by oars, to row, Mk. 6:48; Jn. 6:19*

to make less, or inferior, Heb. 2:7; pass. to be made less or inferior, Heb. 2:9; to decline in importance, Jn. 3:30*

trans. to make less; intrans. to be less, inferior; to have too little, want, lack, 2 Cor. 8:15*

ἐλάττων (1784) is the Attic form of this word. Twice it is used with σσ (Jn. 2:10; Rom. 9:12) and twice with ττ (1 Tim. 5:9; Heb. 7:7). It is used as the comparative of μικρός, less; less in age, younger, Rom.

an Elamite; an inhabitant of Elam, a province of Persia, Acts 2:9*

an olive garden;, in NT the mount Olivet, Lk. 19:29; 21:37; Acts 1:12*