Strong's #1640: Elamites (pronounced el-am-ee'-tace)

comparative of the same as 1646; smaller (in size, quantity, age or quality):--less, under, worse, younger.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

̓́ / ̓́

elassōn / elattōn

1) less

1a) in age (younger)

1b) in rank

1c) in excellence, worse

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: comparative of the same as G1646

Citing in TDNT: 4:648, 593

Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

 

John 2:10: "when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good"
Romans 9:12: "elder shall serve the younger."
1 Timothy 5:9: "Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife"
Hebrews 7:7: "all contradiction the less is blessed of the better."