Quick Definition
ἐλαττονέω v. I have less, lack
Strong's Definition
from 1640; to diminish, i.e. fall short
KJV Usage: have lack
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἐλαττόω
57.41 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Need, Lack
to have too little, to have less to possess too little of some substance
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐλαττονέω [B. 7], τῶ: 1 aor. ἠλαττόνησα ;; (ἔλαττον) ; not found in prof. auth. [yet see Aristot. de plant. 2, 3 p- 825%, 23]; to be less, inferior, (in possessions): 2 Co. viii. 15 fr. Ex. xvi. 18. (Prov. xi. 24; Sir. xix. (5) 6; also transitively, to make less, diminish: Gen. viii. 3; Prov. xiv. 34; 2 Mace. xiii. 19, ete.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐλαττονέω elattoneō 1x
trans. to make less; intrans. to be less, inferior; to have too little, want, lack, 2 Cor. 8:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἐλαττονέω, -ῶ
(< ἔλαττον), [in LXX (with -όω) chiefly for חָסֵר ;]
to be less (RV, had no lack): II Co 8:15 (LXX) (a rare word; cf. MM, Exp., xii).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐλαττονέω. Grimm’s statement that this NT ἅπ. elp. (2 Cor 815 from LXX Exod 1618) is ‘‘not found in prof. auth.” requires correction, in view not only of Aristot. de plant. 2, 3 p. 825%, 23 (as Thayer), but of P Magd 2613 (B.c. 217) ἐπαναγκάσαι αὐτὸν ἀποδοῦναι. . . . τὸ διάφορον τῶν ἐλαττονούντων td κεραμίων, cf. ὅ, and the illiterate BGU IV. 110 519 (c. B.C. 10) ἐλατωνῖ, apparently = ἐλαττονεῖ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐλαττονέω (elattoneō) — to have little. ἐλαττον-έω, receive less, [LXX]; but, give less, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. waste, be consumed,[LXX+4th c.BC+]; to be missing, defective, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
3. middle, lack, want, [Refs]