Lexical Summary hēttēma: loss Original Word: ἥττημαTransliteration: hēttēma Phonetic Spelling: (hayt'-tay-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: loss Meaning: loss Strong's Concordance diminishing, fault. From hettao; a deterioration, i.e. (objectively) failure or (subjectively) loss -- diminishing, fault. see GREEK hettao Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2275: ἥττημαἥττημα (cf. Buttmann, 7; WH's Appendix, p. 166), ἡτηματος, τό, (ἡττάομαι); 1. a diminution, decrease: i. e. defeat, Isaiah 31:8; αὐτῶν, brought upon the Jewish people in that so few of them had turned to Christ, Romans 11:12 (R. V. loss). 2. loss, namely, as respects salvation, 1 Corinthians 6:7 (R. V. text defect). Cf. Meyer (but cf. his 6te Aufl.) on each passage. (Elsewhere only in ecclesiastical writ:) |