- Transliteration: Elachistos

- Phonetic: el-akh'-is-tos

- Definition:

1. smallest least

a. in size

b. in amount: of management of affairs

c. in importance: what is the least moment

d. in authority: of commandments

e. in the estimation of men: of persons

f. in rank and excellence: of persons

- Origin: "superlative of elachus (short); used as equivalent to G3398" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3398"

- TDNT entry: 14:48,6

- Part(s) of speech: Adjective

- Strong's: the superlative of ἔλαχυς elachus (short); used as equivalent to G3398" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3398; least (in size amount dignity etc.): - least very little (small) smallest.