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ἐλάχιστος

MainId: 001659000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G1646

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 001659001000000
PartsOfSpeech: adjc.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: ἐλάχιστος
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -η, -ον
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ἐλαττόω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 001659001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 79.125
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Features of Objects
  LEXSubDomains: Large, Small
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-05-14 20:38:57
    DefinitionShort: a small size, relative to the norm for the class of objects in question
    Glosses: ['small', 'little']
    Comments: Note that in the case of a Greek superlative such as ἐλάχιστος, the meaning is not ‘the smallest’ but simply ‘very small.’ This is typical of many uses of the superlative in Greek.
  LEXReferences: 1COR 4:3, YAC 3:4
2. LEXID: 001659001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 65.57
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Value
  LEXSubDomains: Important, Unimportant
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-05-14 20:38:57
    DefinitionShort: pertaining to being of the least importance
    Glosses: ['of least importance', 'of very little importance']
  LEXReferences: MAT 5:19, MAT 5:19, LUKE 12:26, 1COR 6:2
3. LEXID: 001659001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 87.66
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Status
  LEXSubDomains: Low Status or Rank [including persons of low status]
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-05-14 20:38:57
    DefinitionShort: pertaining to being of the lowest status
    Glosses: ['lowest', 'least important', 'last']
  LEXReferences: MAT 2:6, MAT 25:40, MAT 25:45, LUKE 16:10, LUKE 16:10, LUKE 19:17, 1COR 15:9, EPH 3:8