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ἡττάομαι

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἡττάομαι
Greek transliteration: 
hēttaomai
Simplified transliteration: 
hettaomai
Principal Parts: 
-, -, -, ἥττημαι, ἡττήθην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2274
GK Number: 
2487
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1d(1a)
Gloss: 
to be mastered, overcome
Definition: 
to be less, inferior to; to fare worse,; by impl. to be overcome, vanquished, 2 Pet. 2:19, 20*

Greek-English Concordance for ἡττάομαι

2 Peter 2:19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whatever a man is overcome (hēttētai | ἥττηται | perf pass ind 3 sg), to this he is enslaved.
2 Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they (hēttōntai | ἡττῶνται | pres pass ind 3 pl) are (hēttōntai | ἡττῶνται | pres pass ind 3 pl) again entangled in them and overcome (hēttōntai | ἡττῶνται | pres pass ind 3 pl), the last state has become for them worse than the first.