ἥττημα
hḗttēma · G2275 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to fail, to lack, failure
A lack of attaining a desirable state or condition
ExamplesRomans 11:12 Now if their wrongdoing proves to be riches for the world, and their failure, riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be!
1 Corinthians 6:7 Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather suffer the wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πλοῦτοςriches, wealth 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔχωto have 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ζημία zēmía · G2209 · loss
- Greek noun denoting loss or damage (material or otherwise); closely parallel to ἥττημα in expressing loss or detriment, though ζημία more commonly refers to material loss while ἥττημα can emphasize defeat or moral failure
Contrasting words 2 words
- κέρδος kérdos · G2771 · gain, profit
- Greek noun meaning gain or profit; lexical opposite of ἥττημα (loss/failure) in economic and metaphorical contexts
- νίκη níkē · G3529 · to be victorious over, to be a victor, to conquer
- Greek noun denoting victory; lexical opposite of ἥττημα (defeat, failure), both terms frequently appearing in contexts of spiritual or moral struggle in the New Testament
In the other Testament 2 words
- חֶסְרוֹן cheçrôwn · H2642 · lack, what is lacking
- Hebrew noun denoting deficiency or loss, closely parallel to ἥττημα in contexts of failure or what is lacking; used in Ecclesiastes 1:15 for deficiency that cannot be made up
- נֵזֶק nêzeq · H5143 · injury, damage, harm
- Aramaic/Hebrew noun for damage or loss (especially material); semantic overlap with ἥττημα in the sense of loss or deterioration
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To fail, to lack, failure13.22
- In Romans 11:12, Paul writes, “if their wrongdoing proves to be riches for the world, and their failure, riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be!” using this word for a falling short or failure.
Word family 20 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (cf. Buttmann, 7; WH's Appendix, p. 166), ἡτηματος, τό, (ἡττάομαι); 1. a diminution,…
1. a diminution, decrease: i. e. defeat, Isa 31:8; αὐτῶν, brought upon the Jewish people in that so few of them had turned to Christ, Rom 11:12 (R. V. loss).
2. loss, namely, as respects salvation, 1 Cor 6:7 (R. V. text defect). Cf. Meyer (but cf. his 6te Aufl.) on each passage. (Elsewhere only in ecclesiastical writ:)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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