# ἡσσάομαι/hēssaomai

Sometimes this word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action. 
* This word can mean to not be as good as another person.

**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being. 

Sometimes this word is an action. It is a verb.

* This word can mean to be overcome. This means to lose or be defeated and be under the control of someone or something.

See: 2 Corinthians 12:13; 2 Peter 2:19, 20