diminish 4591 ## ma<at {maw-at'}; a primitive root; properly, to 
pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to 
make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective): -- suffer to 
decrease, {diminish}, (be, X borrow a, give, make) few (in 
number, -ness), gather least (little), be (seem) little, (X give 
the) less, be minished, bring to nothing.[ql

diminishing 2275 # hettema {hayt'-tay-mah}; from 2274; a 
deterioration, i.e. (objectively) failure or (subjectively) loss:
 -- {diminishing}, fault.[ql

 

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