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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 - Isn't this what we told you in Egypt, 'Leave us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians, because it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:2 - He said to them, "Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim's leftover grapes are better quality than Abiezer's harvest!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - Her father said, "I really thought you absolutely despised her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - Saul said, "They were brought from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD our God. But everything else we slaughtered."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:4 - while he went a day's journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the LORD to take his life: "I've had enough! Now, O LORD, take my life. After all, I'm no better than my ancestors."

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - If the king is so inclined, let a royal edict go forth from him, and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media that cannot be repealed, that Vashti may not come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king convey her royalty to another who is more deserving than she.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 - It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 - The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:3 - Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 84:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 - Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 - For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - My fruit is better than the purest gold, and what I produce is better than choice silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:2 - A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:9 - Better is a person of humble standing who nevertheless has a servant, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like 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 wealth and turmoil with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:17 - Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is 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 lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:32 - Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 - Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 - It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

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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 quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 - A wise warrior is strong, and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:7 - for it is better for him to say to you, "Come up here," than to put you lower before a 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 hidden love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:6 - A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:5 - I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument that will be better than sons and daughters. I will set up a permanent monument for them that will remain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:2 - They say to the people: "Journey over to Calneh and look at it! Then go from there to Hamath-Rabbah! Then go down to Gath of the Philistines! Are they superior to our two kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?"
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