G2276
G2276 — ἥττον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
hetton (hate'-ton) adj.
1. worse (as noun)
2. (by implication) less (as adverb)
[neuter of comparative of heka (slightly) used for that of G2556]
KJV: less, worse
Root(s): G2556
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
less, worse
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
[ἥσσων, see ἥττων.]
STRONGS NT 2276: ἥττωνἥττων or (so L T Tr WH, see Sigma) ἥσσων, ἧσσον, inferior; neuter adverbially (from Homer down) less, 2Co 12:15; εἰς τό ἧσσον, for the worse (that ye may be made worse; opposed to εἰς τό κρεῖττον), 1Co 11:17.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἧττων (less)
1 Corinthians 11:17
- KJV: Now in this that I declare I praise not that ye come together not for the better but for the worse
- GK: τούτο δε παραγγέλλων ουκ επαινώ ότι ουκ εις το κρείττον αλλ΄ εις το ήττον συνέρχεσθε
2 Corinthians 12:15
- KJV: And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you though the more abundantly I love you the less I be loved
- GK: εγώ δε ήδιστα δαπανήσω και εκδαπανηθήσομαι υπέρ των ψυχών υμών ει περισσοτέρως υμάς αγαπών ήττον αγαπώμαι