Inferior
Inferior
“to be less or inferior,” is used in the Passive Voice, and translated “ye were made inferior,” in 2Co 12:13, RV for AV, “ye were inferior,” i.e., were treated with less consideration than other churches, through his independence in not receiving gifts from them. In 2Pe 2:19-20 it signifies to be overcome, in the sense of being subdued and enslaved. See OVERCOME. Cp. hesson, “less,” 2Co 12:15; in 1Co 11:17, “worse;” hettema, “a loss, a spiritual defect,” Rom 11:12; 1Co 6:7. Also elattoo, “to decrease, make lower,” Joh 3:30; Heb 2:7, Heb 2:9.