ἐλαχίστων, [5 verses](adj pl masc gen) "Of the least" is from elachistos, which is the superlative form of elachus which means "small", "little," and "short." It means "the smallest", "the shortest", "the least," and "the fewest." -- The word translated as "the least" also means "smallest", "the shortest", "the fewest", and similar ideas.