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+# ἐλαττονέω/elattoneō
+This word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action. 
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+* This word means to have less of something or to lack something.
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+See: 2 Corinthians 8:15
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+**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being.