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Lexicon :: Strong's G2908 - kreisson

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κρεῖσσον
Transliteration
kreisson (Key)
Pronunciation
krice'-son
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Neuter of an alternate form of κρείττων (G2909)
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Strong’s Definitions

†κρεῖσσον kreîsson, krice'-son; neuter of an alternate form of G2909; (as noun) better, i.e. greater advantage:—better.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2908 in the following manner: better (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2908 in the following manner: better (2x).

  1. better

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†κρεῖσσον kreîsson, krice'-son; neuter of an alternate form of G2909; (as noun) better, i.e. greater advantage:—better.
STRONGS G2908:
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 G2908 matches the Greek κρεῖσσον (kreisson),
which occurs 36 times in 34 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:2 - And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:4 - But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 - The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 - A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:3 - Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 - For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:2 - A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:9 - He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 - Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:16 - Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:17 - Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:29 - The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:19 - Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:32 - He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 - Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 - It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19 - It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 - A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:7 - For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 - Open rebuke is better than secret love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:6 - Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:5 - Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:2 - Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
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