ἐλαχύς
small, least
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἐλαχύς appears in the Greek Septuagint — 21 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 1:16 ἐλαχύς And God made the two great lights, the greater light for regulating the day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also.
- Genesis 25:23 ἐλαχύς And the Lord said to her, There are two nations in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your belly, and one people shall excel the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.
- Genesis 27:6 ἐλαχύς And Rebecca said to Jacob her younger son, Behold, I heard your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying,
- Exodus 16:17 ἐλαχύς And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some much and some less.
- Exodus 16:18 ἐλαχύς And having measured the homer full, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that had gathered less had no lack; each gathered according to the need of those who belonged to him.
- Leviticus 25:16 ἐλαχύς According as there may be a greater number of years he shall increase the value of his possession, and according as there may be a less number of years he shall lessen the value of his possession; for according to the number of his crops, so shall he sell to you.
- Numbers 26:54 ἐλαχύς To the greater number you shall give the greater inheritance, and to the less number you shall give the less inheritance: to each one, as they have been numbered, shall their inheritance be given.
- Numbers 33:54 ἐλαχύς And you⌃ shall inherit their land according to your tribes; to the greater number you⌃ shall give the larger possession, and to the smaller you⌃ shall give the less possession; to whatever part a man's name shall go forth by lot, there shall be his property: you⌃ shall inherit according to the tribes of your families.
- Numbers 35:8 ἐλαχύς And as for the cities which you⌃ shall give out of the possession of the children of Israel, from those that have much you⌃ shall give much, and from those that have less you⌃ shall give less: they shall give of their cities to the Levites each one according to his inheritance which they shall inherit.
- Numbers 35:8 ἐλαχύς And as for the cities which you⌃ shall give out of the possession of the children of Israel, from those that have much you⌃ shall give much, and from those that have less you⌃ shall give less: they shall give of their cities to the Levites each one according to his inheritance which they shall inherit.
- Joshua 6:26 ἐλαχύς And Joshua adjured them on that day before the Lord, saying, Cursed be the man who shall build that city: he shall lay the foundation of it in his firstborn, and he shall set up the gates of it in his youngest son. And so did Hozan of Baethel; he laid the foundation in Abiron his firstborn, and set up the gates of it in his youngest surviving son.
- Joshua 6:26 ἐλαχύς And Joshua adjured them on that day before the Lord, saying, Cursed be the man who shall build that city: he shall lay the foundation of it in his firstborn, and he shall set up the gates of it in his youngest son. And so did Hozan of Baethel; he laid the foundation in Abiron his firstborn, and set up the gates of it in his youngest surviving son.
- 1 Samuel 9:21 ἐλαχύς And Saul answered and said, Am not I the son of a Benjamite, the least tribe of the people of Israel? and of the least family of the whole tribe of Benjamin? and why have you spoken to me according to this word?
- 2 Kings 18:24 ἐλαχύς How then will you turn away the face of one petty governor, from among the least of my lord's servants? whereas you trust for yourself on Egypt for chariots and horsemen.
- Job 18:7 ἐλαχύς Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive him.
- Job 30:1 ἐλαχύς But now the youngest have laughed me to scorn, now they reprove me in their turn, whose fathers I set at nothing; whom I did not deem worthy to be with my shepherd dogs.
- Proverbs 13:11 ἐλαχύς Wealth gotten hastily with iniquity is diminished: but he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. The righteous is merciful, and lends.
- Proverbs 22:16 ἐλαχύς He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich so as to make it less.
- Proverbs 30:24 ἐλαχύς And there are four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise:
- Isaiah 60:22 ἐλαχύς The little one shall become thousands, and the least a great nation; I the Lord will gather them in due time.
- Jeremiah 30:14 ἐλαχύς
About this word
About this word
ἐλαχύς (elachýs), “small, least,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 21 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →