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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 self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:38 - So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, but the one who does not, does better.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:17 - Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:23 - I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:4 - Thus he became so far better than the angels as he has inherited a name superior to theirs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:9 - But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:7 - Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:19 - for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:22 - accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:6 - But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:23 - So it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required better sacrifices than these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:34 - For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:16 - But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:35 - and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:40 - For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with 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, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel's does.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:17 - For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:21 - For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them.
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