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the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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serves as a comparative degree of mikros, "little" (see LEAST), and denotes "less" in (a) quality, as of wine, John 2:10 , "worse;" (b) age, Romans 9:12 , "younger;" 1 Timothy 5:9 , "under" (neuter, adverbially); (c) rank, Hebrews 7:7 . See UNDER , WORSE , YOUNG.
the comparative of mikros, is translated "less" in Matthew 13:32 , RV (AV, "least"), and Mark 4:31 . See LEAST.
"inferior," is used in the neuter adverbially in 2 Corinthians 12:15 , "the less." See WORSE.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Less'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/l/less.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Less'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/l/less.html. 1940.
