Lexical Summary elachistos: least (in size, amount, dignity, etc.) Original Word: ἐλάχιστοςTransliteration: elachistos Phonetic Spelling: (el-akh'-is-tos) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: least (in size, amount, dignity, etc.) Meaning: least (in size, amount, dignity, etcetera) Strong's Concordance least, very little, smallest. Superlative of elachus (short); used as equivalent to mikros; least (in size, amount, dignity, etc.) -- least, very little (small), smallest. see GREEK mikros Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1646: ἐλάχιστοςἐλάχιστος, ἐλαχίστη, ἐλάχιστον (superlative of the adjective μικρός, but coming from ἐλαχύς) ((Homer h. Merc. 573), Herodotus down), smallest, least — whether in size: James 3:4; in amount: of the management of affairs, πιστός ἐν ἐλαχίστῳ, Luke 16:10 (opposed to ἐν πολλῷ); |