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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.
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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 so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than 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 the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim not better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - ‘Now then, are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - Her father said, “I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I gave her to your companion. Is her younger sister not [fn]more beautiful than she? Please let her be yours [fn]instead.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen to sacrifice to the LORD your God; but the rest we have completely destroyed.”
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 to die, and said, “Enough! Now, LORD, take my [fn]life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “If it pleases the king, let a royal [fn]edict be issued by him and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot [fn]be repealed, that Vashti may not come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal position to [fn]another who is more worthy than she.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 -

The measuring lines have fallen for 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 -

Better is the little of the righteous

Than the abundance of many wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:3 -

Because Your [fn]favor is better than life,

My lips will praise You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 -

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

I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God

Than live in the tents of wickedness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 -

“For wisdom is better than [fn]jewels;

And all desirable things cannot compare with her.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 -

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

And my yield better than choice silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:2 -

A good person will obtain favor from the LORD,

But He will condemn a person [fn]who devises evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:9 -

Better is one who is lightly esteemed and has a servant,

Than one who honors himself and lacks bread.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 -

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 [fn]the fear of the LORD

Than great treasure, and turmoil with [fn]the treasure.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:17 -

Better is a portion of [fn]vegetables where there is love,

Than a fattened ox served with hatred.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:29 -

The LORD 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 needy

Than to divide the spoils with the proud.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:32 -

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

And one who rules his spirit, than one who captures a city.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 -

Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 -

What is desirable in a person is his [fn]kindness,

And it is better to be a poor person than a liar.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 -

It is better to live on 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 irritating woman.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 -

A wise man is [fn]strong,

And a person of knowledge [fn]increases 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 the prince,

Whom your eyes have seen.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 -

Better is open rebuke

Than love that is concealed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 -

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

And do not go to your brother’s house on the day of your disaster;

Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:6 -

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity,

Than a person who is [fn]crooked, though he is rich.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 -

A person [fn]often rebuked who [fn]becomes obstinate

Will suddenly be broken [fn]beyond remedy.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:5 -

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

And a name better than that of sons and daughters;

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

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:2 -

Go 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 is their territory greater than yours?

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