ἐλάχιστος, -η, -ον

(see: ἐλάσσων),

smallest, least: as proper superlat. 1Co.15:9; elsewhere, as usually in late Gk. intensive (B1. § 11, 3); Mat.2:6 (LXX) Mat.25:40, 45 Luk.12:26 16:10 19:17, 1Co.4:3 6:2, Jas.3:4; ἐ. ἐν τ. βασιλείᾳ τ. οὐρανῶν, Mat.5:19 (see Dalman, Words, 113). Compar. ἐλαχιστότερος (for corresp. superl. see LS; see also Bl. § 44, 3); less than the least: Eph.3:8.†

(AS)

smallest, least; less than the least