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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.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:9 -

But if they do not have self-control, they should marry, since it is better to marry than to burn with desire.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:38 -

So, then, he who marries his fiancée does well, but he who does not marry will do better.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:17 -

Now in giving this instruction I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:23 -

I am torn between the two. I long to depart and be with Christ ​— ​which is far better ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:4 -

So he became superior to the angels, just as the name he inherited is more excellent than theirs.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:9 -

Even though we are speaking this way, dearly loved friends, in your case we are confident of things that are better and that pertain to salvation.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:7 -

Without a doubt, the inferior is blessed by the superior.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:19 -

(for the law perfected nothing), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:22 -

Because of this oath, Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:6 -

But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been established on better promises.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:23 -

Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:34 -

For you sympathized with the prisoners[fn] and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, because you know that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:16 -

But they now desire a better place ​— ​a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:35 -

Women received their dead, raised to life again. Other people were tortured, not accepting release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:40 -

since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:24 -

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:17 -

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:21 -

For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command delivered to them.

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