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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - “Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘[fn]Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than for us to die in the wilderness.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:2 - But he said to them, “What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - ‘So now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive with Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - And her father said, “I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister better than she? Please let her be yours [fn]instead.”
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 oxen, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God; but the rest we have devoted to destruction.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:4 - But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough; now, O Yahweh, take my [fn]life, for I am not better than my fathers.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If it seems good to the king, let a royal word go forth from him, and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot [fn]be repealed, that Vashti may no longer come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal position to [fn]another who is better than she.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 -

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;

Indeed, my inheritance is beautiful to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 -

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;

You [fn]have anointed my head with oil;

My cup overflows.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 -

Teth

Better is the little of the righteous

Than the abundance of many wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:3 -

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,

My lips will laud You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 -

For better is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere.

I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God

Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 -

“For wisdom is better than pearls;

And all desirable things cannot compare with her.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 -

“My fruit is better than fine gold, even pure gold,

And my produce better than choice silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:2 -

A good man will obtain favor from Yahweh,

But a man of evil schemes He will condemn.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:9 -

Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant

Than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 -

[fn]Hope deferred makes the heart sick,

But desire [fn]fulfilled is a tree of life.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:16 -

Better is a little with the [fn]fear of Yahweh

Than great treasure and turmoil with it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:17 -

Better is a [fn]dish of [fn]vegetables where there is love

Than a fattened ox and hatred in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:29 -

Yahweh is far from the wicked,

But He hears the prayer of the righteous.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:19 -

It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly

Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:32 -

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,

And he who rules his own spirit, than he who captures a city.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 -

Better is a dry morsel and tranquility with it

Than a house full of [fn]feasting with strife.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 -

What is desirable in a man is his lovingkindness,

And better is a poor man than a man of falsehood.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 -

It is better to live in a corner of a roof

Than [fn]in a house shared with a contentious woman.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19 -

It is better to live in a desert land

Than with a contentious and vexing woman.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 -

A wise man is [fn]strong,

And a man of knowledge strengthens his power.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:7 -

For it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,”

Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of a noble,

Whom your eyes have seen.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 -

Better is reproof that is revealed

Than love that is hidden.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 -

Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend,

And do not come to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster;

Better is one who dwells near than a brother far away.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:6 -

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity

Than he who is crooked[fn]double dealing—though he be rich.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 -

A man who hardens his neck after much reproof

Will suddenly be broken [fn]beyond healing.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:5 -

To them I will give in My house and within My walls a [fn]memorial,

And a name better than that of sons and daughters;

I will give [fn]them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:2 -

Pass on over to Calneh and look,

And go from there to Hamath the great,

Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.

Are [fn]they better than these kingdoms,

Or are their borders greater than your borders?

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