ἡττάω
hēttaō · be inferior, be overcome
Greek word · Strong’s number G2274 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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hēttaō (ἡττάω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be inferior, be overcome”.
Be less than another, be at a disadvantage; also be overcome, defeated.
How to say it
hēt·ta·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To receive less than others, be placed below them.
- To be mastered by something.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- overcome ×2
- you were treated as inferior ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Corinthians 12:13
For what is there in which you were treated as inferior to the rest of the assemblies, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this unrighteousness!
- 2 Peter 2:19
promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what anyone is overcome, to this he is also enslaved.
- 2 Peter 2:20
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus the Messiah, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become for them worse than the first.