"an inferiority, to a particular standard; default, defeat, failure, shortcoming, Rom. 11:12; 1 Cor. 6:7*"
Definition and meaning
an inferiority, to a particular standard; default, defeat, failure, shortcoming, Rom. 11:12; 1 Cor. 6:7*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἥττημα
Historical context
Paul wrote Romans from Corinth, one of the most important commercial cities in the empire. Rome had a Jewish population of around 50,000. The letter addresses real tensions between Jewish believers with centuries of Torah tradition and Gentile believers with no such background. Emperor Nero was on the throne. Within ten years he would execute both Paul and Peter.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of hettema (G2275) across the King James Bible.
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?
Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
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Common questions
Strong's G2275 (hettema) is a Greek word that means: an inferiority, to a particular standard; default, defeat, failure, shortcoming, Rom. 11:12; 1 Cor. 6:7* It appears 2 times in the King James Bible.
The word hettema (G2275) appears 2 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2275 is hettema, a Greek word defined as: an inferiority, to a particular standard; default, defeat, failure, shortcoming, Rom. 11:12; 1 Cor. 6:7*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
hettema is a Greek word found in the New Testament.