King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1647
Transliteration: elachistoteros
Phonetic Spelling: (el-akh-is-tot'-er-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: less than the least
Meaning: less than the least
ἐλαχιστοτερος, ἐλαχιστερα, ἐλαχιστερον (comparitive formed from the superlative ἐλάχιστος; there is also a superlative ἐλαχιστοτατος; "it is well known that this kind of double comparison is common in the poets; but in prose, it is regarded as faulty." Lob. ad Phryn., p. 136; cf. Winers Grammar, § 11, 2 b. (also 27 (26); Buttmann, 28 (25))), less than the least, lower than the lowest: Ephesians 3:8.
Word Summary
elachistoteros: less than the least
Original Word: ἐλαχιστότεροςTransliteration: elachistoteros
Phonetic Spelling: (el-akh-is-tot'-er-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: less than the least
Meaning: less than the least
Strong's Concordance
less than the least. Comparative of elachistos; far less -- less than the least.
see GREEK elachistos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1647: ἐλαχιστοτεροςἐλαχιστοτερος, ἐλαχιστερα, ἐλαχιστερον (comparitive formed from the superlative ἐλάχιστος; there is also a superlative ἐλαχιστοτατος; "it is well known that this kind of double comparison is common in the poets; but in prose, it is regarded as faulty." Lob. ad Phryn., p. 136; cf. Winers Grammar, § 11, 2 b. (also 27 (26); Buttmann, 28 (25))), less than the least, lower than the lowest: Ephesians 3:8.