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Lexicon :: Strong's G2909 - kreittōn

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κρείττων
Transliteration
kreittōn (Key)
Pronunciation
krite'-tohn
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Comparative of a derivative of κράτος (G2904)
Strong’s Definitions

κρείττων kreíttōn, krite'-tohn; comparative of a derivative of G2904; stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler:—best, better.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G2909 in the following manner: better (17x), best (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G2909 in the following manner: better (17x), best (1x).

  1. more useful, more serviceable, more advantageous

  2. more excellent

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κρείττων kreíttōn, krite'-tohn; comparative of a derivative of G2904; stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler:—best, better.
STRONGS G2909:
κρείττων and (1 Corinthians 7:38; Philippians 1:23; in other places the reading varies between the two forms, especially in 1 Corinthians 7:9 (here T Tr WH L text κρείττων); 1 Corinthians 11:17; Hebrews 6:9 (here and in the preceding passage L T Tr WH κρείσσων; see WH's Appendix, p. 148f; cf. Sigma) κρείσσων, κρεισσονος, neuter κρεισσονου (comparitive of κρατύς, see κράτιστος, cf. Kühner, i., p. 436; (Buttmann, 27 (24))) (from Homer down), better; i. e.
a. more useful, more serviceable: 1 Corinthians 11:17; 1 Corinthians 12:31 R G; Hebrews 11:40; Hebrews 12:24; with πολλῷ μᾶλλον, added, Philippians 1:23 (cf. μᾶλλον, 1 b.); κρεῖσσον (adverb) ποιεῖν, 1 Corinthians 7:38; κρεῖττον ἐστιν, it is more advantageous, followed by an infinitive, 1 Corinthians 7:9; 2 Peter 2:21 (cf. Buttmann, 217 (188); Winers Grammar, § 41 a. 2 a).
b. more excellent: Hebrews 1:4; Hebrews 6:9; Hebrews 7:7, 19, 22; Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 9:23; Hebrews 10:34; Hebrews 11:16, 35; κρεῖττον, followed by an infinitive, 1 Peter 3:17.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Corinthians
7:9; 7:9; 7:38; 7:38; 11:17; 11:17; 12:31
Philippians
1:23; 1:23
Hebrews
1:4; 6:9; 6:9; 7:7; 7:19; 7:22; 8:6; 9:23; 10:34; 11:16; 11:35; 11:40; 12:24
1 Peter
3:17
2 Peter
2:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2909 matches the Greek κρείττων (kreittōn),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:9 - But if they do not have [sufficient] self-control, they should marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:38 - So then both the father who gives his virgin daughter in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:17 -

But in giving this next instruction, I do not praise you, because when you meet together it is not for the better but for the worse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:23 - But I am hard-pressed between the two. I have the desire to leave [this world] and be with Christ, for that is far, far better;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:4 - having become as much superior to angels, since He has inherited a more excellent and glorious [fn]name than they [that is, Son—the name above all names].

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:9 -

But, beloved, even though we speak to you in this way, [fn]we are convinced of better things concerning you, and of things that accompany salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:7 - Yet it is beyond all dispute that the lesser person is always blessed by the greater one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:19 - (for the Law never made anything perfect); while on the other hand a better hope is introduced through which we now continually draw near to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:22 -

And so [because of the oath’s greater strength and force] Jesus has become the certain guarantee of a better covenant [a more excellent and more advantageous agreement; one that will never be replaced or annulled].

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:6 - But as it is, Christ has acquired a [priestly] ministry which is more excellent [than the old Levitical priestly ministry], for He is the Mediator (Arbiter) of a better covenant [uniting God and man], which has been enacted and rests on better promises.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:23 -

Therefore it was necessary for the [earthly] copies of the heavenly things to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves required far better sacrifices than these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:34 - For you showed sympathy and deep concern for those who were imprisoned, and you joyfully accepted the [unjust] seizure of your belongings and the confiscation of your property, conscious of the fact that you have a better possession and a lasting one [prepared for you in heaven].

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:16 - But the truth is that they were longing for a better country, that is, a heavenly one. For that reason God is not ashamed [of them or] to be called their God [even to be surnamed their God—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob]; for He has prepared a city for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:35 - Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured [to death], refusing to accept release [offered on the condition of denying their faith], so that they would be resurrected to a better life;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:40 - because God had us in mind and had something better for us, so that they [these men and women of authentic faith] would not be made perfect [that is, completed in Him] apart from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:24 - and to Jesus, the Mediator of a new covenant [uniting God and man], and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks [of mercy], a better and nobler and more gracious message than the blood of Abel [which cried out for vengeance].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:17 - For it is better that you suffer [unjustly] for doing what is right, if that should be God’s will, than [to suffer justly] for doing wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:21 - For it would have been better for them not to have [personally] known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to have turned back from the holy commandment [verbally] handed on to them.
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