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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 told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have 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 - So 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 - ‘And now, are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel? 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 thoroughly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister better than she? Please, take her instead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:15

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 the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and 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 broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I am no 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 decree go out from him, and let it be recorded in the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it will not be altered, that Vashti shall come no more before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better 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;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.

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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 anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 - A little that a righteous man has
Is better than the riches 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 shall 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.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in 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 rubies,
And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - My fruit is better than gold, yes, 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 obtains favor from the LORD,
But a man of wicked intentions He will condemn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:9 - Better is the one who is slighted but has a servant,
Than he who honors himself but lacks bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But when the desire comes, it 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 fear of the LORD,
Than great treasure with trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:17 - Better is a dinner of herbs[fn] where love is,
Than a fatted calf 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 - Better to be of a 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 who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - What is desired in a man is 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 - Better to dwell in a corner of a housetop,
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19 - Better to dwell in the wilderness,
Than with a contentious and angry woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 - A wise man is strong,
Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:7 - For it is better that he say to you,
“Come up here,”
Than that you should be put 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 - Open rebuke is better
Than love carefully 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,
Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
Better is a neighbor nearby 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 one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 - He who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck,
Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 56:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:5 - Even to them I will give in My house
And within My walls a place and a name
Better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give them[fn] an everlasting name
That shall not be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:2 - Go over to Calneh and see;
And from there go to Hamath the great;
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are you better than these kingdoms?
Or is their territory greater than your territory?
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