ἥττημα
Τὶ δὲ σὺ διά τὸν Θεὸν δύνασαι ἀρνηθῆναι; Οἷον δὲ μέτρον ἀγάπης τῶν ἀγαπώντων σε ἐστί; (Χρύσανθος Καταπόδης, Σχολὴ Ζωῆς) → ?
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A discomfiture, LXXIs.31.8; loss, 1 Ep.Cor.6.7: ἥττησις, εως, ἡ, = foreg., Suid. s.v. ἧττα.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἥττημα: τό, = ἧττα, Ἐβδ. (Ἠσαΐ. λα΄, 9), Α΄ Ἐπιστ. πρὸς κορινθ. ς΄, 7· - καὶ ἥττησις, ἡ, Σουΐδ.
English (Strong)
from ἡττάω; a deterioration, i.e. (objectively) failure or (subjectively) loss: diminishing, fault.
English (Thayer)
(cf. Buttmann, 7; WH's Appendix, p. 166), ἡτηματος, τό, (ἡττάομαι);
1. a diminution, decrease: i. e. defeat, αὐτῶν, brought upon the Jewish people in that so few of them had turned to Christ, R. V. loss).
2. loss, namely, as respects salvation, R. V. text defect). Cf. Meyer (but cf. his 6te Aufl.) on each passage. (Elsewhere only in ecclesiastical writ:)
