Quick Definition
ἐλαττόω v. I make less, make inferior
Strong's Definition
from 1640; to lessen (in rank or influence)
KJV Usage: decrease, make lower
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἐλάσσων · ἐλαττονέω · ἐλάχιστος
87.68 · Status · Low Status or Rank [including persons of low status]
to cause to be less to cause something to have less status or rank
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐλαττόω [B. 7], τῶ: 1 aor. ἠλάττωσα; Pass., [pres. ἐλαττοῦμαι] ; pf. ptep. ἠλαττωμένος ; (ἐλάττων) ; to make less or inferior: τινά, in dignity, Heb. ii. 7; Pass. to be made less or inferior: in dignity, Heb. ii. 9; to decrease (opp. to αὐξάνω), in authority and popularity, Jn. iii. 30. (Many times in Sept.; in Grk. writ. fr. Thuc. on.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐλαττόω elattoō 3x
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*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐλαττόω, -ῶ
(< ἐλάιττων), [in LXX (where also -σσῶ) chiefly for חָסֵר, and very freq. in Si;]
to make less: He 2:7 (LXX); pass., Jo 3:30, He 2:9.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐλαττόω. For this, the more ordinary equivalent of the foregoing verb, we may cite P Tebt I. 191} (B.c. 114) σὺ δὲ ὀρθῶς ποιήσεις τὸ προσάγγελμα μὴ ἐλαττώσας παρὰ Td πρῶτον, ‘you will be right in not diminishing the report compared with the first one” (Edd.), 74. II. 382! (B.c. 30-A.D. 1) ἐμ μηδενὶ ἐλαττουμένου τοῦ ᾿Ακυσιλάου ἐν ἡ ἔχει μ[ίο]υ μίσθωσιν, “* Acusilaus shall incur no loss in the lease which he holds of me” (Edd.), P Lond 897 (a.p. 84) (=III. p. 206) Aaoypaplas τότε yap ἐλασσωθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ προόντος κωμογραμμάτεως, and P Hamb I. 812 (a.p. 136) μὴ ἐλαττουμένων ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ὧν ὀφίλεται λοιπῶν φόρων τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιθ (ἔτους), ‘ohne dass wir beeintrachtigt werden in Bezug auf die iibrigen Abgaben desselben Jahres, die Ihr uns noch schuldet” (Ed., who refers to Gradenwitz Zznfihrung i. p. 31).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐλαττόω (elattoō) — to make less. ἐλασσ-όω, Attic dialect ἐλαττόω: aorist ἠλάττωσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἠλλάττωκα [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, future -ωθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: future middle in same sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἠλασσώθην, -ττώθην, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect ἠλάττωμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—make less or smaller, diminish, reduce in amount, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. in early writers, lower, degrade, τὴν πόλιν [LXX+5th c.BC+]; cut down, shorten, συναλοιφαῖς τὰ ῥήματα [Refs 1st c.BC+]: with genitive, detract from, μὴ προστιθέναι τιμήν, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐλασσοῦν τῆς ὑπαρχούσης [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, reduce the power of, τινάς [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II. passive,
II.1. absolutely, to be lessened, suffer loss, be depreciated, of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, [NT+4th c.BC+]; also, take less than one's due, waive one's rights or privileges, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but, fall short of one's professions, act dishonestly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. with dative of things, have the worst of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be inferior, τῇ ἐμπειρίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἠλαττωμένος τοῖς ὄμμασι, of a one-eyed man, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: with genitive, fall short of, τῶν ἀρχετύπων [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.3. with genitive person, to be at a disadvantage with a person, πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔγωγ᾽ ἐλαττοῦμαι κατὰ τουτονὶ τὸν ἀγῶν᾽ Αἰσχίνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. with genitive of things, suffer loss in respect of, κεφαλαίου, τόκων, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; to be in want of, [LXX]