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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 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 to die in the wilderness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:2

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 vintage of Abiezer?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - ‘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?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - Her father said, “I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister [fn]more beautiful than she? Please let her be yours [fn]instead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:15

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 utterly destroyed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:4 - But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a [fn]juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough; now, O LORD, take my [fn]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 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 no longer come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal position to [fn]another who is more worthy than she.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 - The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:5

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 - Better is the little of the righteous
Than the abundance of many wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:3 - Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips will praise You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 - For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than 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 [fn]jewels;
And all desirable things cannot compare with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - “My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold,
And my yield better than choicest silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:2 - A good man will obtain favor from the LORD,
But He will condemn a man [fn]who devises evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:9 - Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant
Than he who honors himself and lacks bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But desire [fn]fulfilled is a tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:16 - Better is a little with the [fn]fear of the LORD
Than great treasure and turmoil with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:17 - Better is a [fn]dish of [fn]vegetables where love is
Than a fattened ox served with hatred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:29 - The LORD is far from the wicked,
But He hears the prayer of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:19 - It is better to be humble in 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 who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 - Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it
Than a house full of [fn]feasting with strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - What is desirable in a man is his [fn]kindness,
And it is better to be a poor man than a liar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:9

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19 - It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and vexing woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 - A wise man is [fn]strong,
And a man of knowledge [fn]increases power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:7

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 - Better is open rebuke
Than love that is concealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:6 - Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is [fn]crooked though he be rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - A man who hardens his neck after much reproof
Will suddenly be broken [fn]beyond remedy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:5

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 cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:2

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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