Hettao means “be inferior” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2274 — chebrah (“company”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2274 ἡττάω (hettao) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hettao (hayt-tah'-o) v. 1. to make worse, i.e. vanquish 2. (by implication) to rate lower It has 17 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include inferior and worse. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
hettao (hayt-tah'-o) v. 1. to make worse, i.e. vanquish 2. (by implication) to rate lower {literally or figuratively} [neuter of comparative of heka (slightly) used for that of G2556] KJV: be inferior, overcome Root(s): G2556 See also: G2276
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2274. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
be lesser
Usage: ἡττάω, -ῶ (ἡσσ-, 2Co.12:13, see: ἥσσων) [in LXX for חָתַת, etc. ;] pass., __1. to be inferior: before ὑπέρ, 2Co.12:13. __2. to be overcome: absol., 2Pe.2:20; with dative, 2Pe.2:19.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hettao, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2274 (ἡττάω) appears 16 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
12 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who invented the psaltery and harp.
Know, ye Gentiles, and be conquered; hearken ye, even to the extremity of the earth: be conquered, after ye have strengthened yourselves; for even if ye should again strengthen yourselves, ye shall again be conquered.
For whosoever shall be taken shall be overcome; and they that are gathered together shall fall by the sword.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Now Timothy, whom the Jews had overcome before, when he had gathered a great multitude of foreign forces, and horses out of Asia not a few, came as though he would take Jewry by force of arms.
He that hath small understanding, and feareth God, Is better than one that hath much wisdom, and transgresseth the law of the most High.
First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2274.
And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who invented the psaltery and harp.
Know, ye Gentiles, and be conquered; hearken ye, even to the extremity of the earth: be conquered, after ye have strengthened yourselves; for even if ye should again strengthen yourselves, ye shall again be conquered.
For whosoever shall be taken shall be overcome; and they that are gathered together shall fall by the sword.
The vision of Egypt. Behold, the Lord sits on a swift cloud, and shall come to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and their heart shall faint within them.
And the Egyptians being defeated shall be ashamed of the Ethiopians, in whom they had trusted; for they were their glory.
For by the voice of the Lord the Assyrians shall be overcome, even by the stroke wherewith he shall smite them.
For thus said the Lord to me, As a lion would roar, or a lion’s whelp over prey which he has taken, and cry over it, until the mountains are filled with his voice, and the animals are awestruck and tremble at the fierceness of his wrath: so the Lord of hosts shall descend to fight upon the Mount Zion, even upon her mountains.
for they shall be compassed with rocks as with a trench, and shall be worsted; and he that flees shall be taken. Thus saith the Lord, Blessed is he that has a seed in Zion, and household friends in Jerusalem.
Woe to them that afflict you; but no one makes you miserable: and he that deals perfidiously with you does not deal perfidiously: they that deal perfidiously shall be taken and given up, and as a moth on a garment, so shall they be spoiled.
Hear me, ye that know judgment, the people in whose heart is my law: fear not the reproach of men, and be not overcome by their contempt.
I will not suffer any weapon formed against thee to prosper; and every voice that shall rise up against thee for judgment, thou shalt vanquish them all; and thine adversaries shall be condemned thereby. There is an inheritance to them that serve the Lord, and ye shall be righteous before me, saith the Lord.
Thus has the Lord said concerning Moab, Woe to Nebo! for it has perished: Kiriathaim is taken: Amath and Agath are put to shame.
For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
Now Timothy, whom the Jews had overcome before, when he had gathered a great multitude of foreign forces, and horses out of Asia not a few, came as though he would take Jewry by force of arms.
He that hath small understanding, and feareth God, Is better than one that hath much wisdom, and transgresseth the law of the most High.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2274, grouped by book.
Hettao (Strong's G2274) is a Greek word most simply glossed "be inferior". hettao (hayt-tah'-o) v. 1. to make worse, i.e. vanquish 2. (by implication) to rate lower
This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's G2274 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2274 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as inferior and worse. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 12 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2274, with linked reader references where each row is available.