Loss
ἥττημαStrong’s G2275hēttēma
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hēttēma is the Greek word usually translated “failure” and “defeat”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?”
Meaning
Usually translated “failure” and “defeat”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- failure 1
- a defeat 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
2 books in all.
Greek dictionary
ἥττημα hēttēma · loss
ἥττημα, -τος, τό [in LXX for מַס, Isa.31:8 * ;] defect, loss, defeat: Rom.11:12 (cf. Isa, l.with), 1Co.6:7 (cf. Field, Notes, 160 f., 171 f.; Lft., Notes, 212).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “loss” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LOSS, noun
- privation, as the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation. every loss is not a detriment. we cannot regret the loss of bad company or of evil habits.
- Destruction; ruin; as the loss of a ship at sea; the loss of an army.
- Defeat; as the loss of a battle.
- Waste; useless application; as a loss of time or labor.
All definitions
- Waste by leakage or escape; as a loss of liquors in transportation.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.