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Lexicon :: Strong's G2909 - kreittōn

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κρείττων
Transliteration
kreittōn (Key)
Pronunciation
krite'-tohn
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Comparative of a derivative of κράτος (G2904)
Strong’s Definitions

κρείττων kreíttōn, krite'-tohn; comparative of a derivative of G2904; stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler:—best, better.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G2909 in the following manner: better (17x), best (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G2909 in the following manner: better (17x), best (1x).

  1. more useful, more serviceable, more advantageous

  2. more excellent

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κρείττων kreíttōn, krite'-tohn; comparative of a derivative of G2904; stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler:—best, better.
STRONGS G2909:
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 G2909 matches the Greek κρείττων (kreittōn),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:17 - Now G1161 in this G5124 that I declare G3853 unto you I praise G1867 you not, G3756 that G3754 ye come together G4905 not G3756 for G1519 the better, G2909 but G235 for G1519 the worse. G2276

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:31 - But G1161 covet earnestly G2206 the best G2909 gifts: G5486 and G2532 yet G2089 shew I G1166 unto you G5213 a more G2596 excellent G5236 way. G3598

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:4 - Being made G1096 so much G5118 better than G2909 the angels, G32 as G3745 he hath by inheritance obtained G2816 a more excellent G1313 name G3686 than G3844 they. G846

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:9 - But, G1161 beloved, G27 we are persuaded G3982 better things G2909 of G4012 you, G5216 and G2532 things that accompany G2192 salvation, G4991 though G1499 we G2980 ➔ thus G3779 speak. G2980

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:7 - And G1161 without G5565 all G3956 contradiction G485 the less G1640 is blessed G2127 of G5259 the better. G2909

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:19 - For G1063 the law G3551 made G5048 ➔ nothing G3762 perfect, G5048 but G1161 the bringing in G1898 of a better G2909 hope G1680 did; by G1223 the which G3739 we draw nigh G1448 unto God. G2316

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:22 - By G2596 so much G5118 was G1096 ➔ Jesus G2424 made G1096 a surety G1450 of a better G2909 testament. G1242

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:6 - But G1161 now G3570 hath he obtained G5177 a more excellent G1313 ministry, G3009 by how much G3745 also G2532 he is G2076 the mediator G3316 of a better G2909 covenant, G1242 which G3748 was established G3549 upon G1909 better G2909 promises. G1860

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:23 - It was therefore G3767 necessary G318 that the patterns G5262 of things G3303 in G1722 the heavens G3772 should be purified G2511 with these; G5125 but G1161 the heavenly things G2032 themselves G846 with better G2909 sacrifices G2378 than G3844 these. G5025

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:34 - For G2532 G1063 ye had compassion G4834 of me in my G3450 bonds, G1199 and G2532 took G4327 joyfully G3326 G5479 the spoiling G724 of your G5216 goods, G5224 knowing G1097 in G1722 yourselves G1438 that ye have G2192 in G1722 heaven G3772 a better G2909 and G2532 an enduring G3306 substance. G5223

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:16 - But G1161 now G3570 they desire G3713 a better G2909 country, that is, G5123 an heavenly: G2032 wherefore G1352 God G2316 is G1870 ➔ not G3756 ashamed G1870 G846 to be called G1941 their G846 God: G2316 for G1063 he hath prepared G2090 for them G846 a city. G4172

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:35 - Women G1135 received G2983 their G846 dead G3498 raised to life again: G1537 G386 and G1161 others G243 were tortured, G5178 not G3756 accepting G4327 deliverance; G629 that G2443 they might obtain G5177 a better G2909 resurrection: G386

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:40 - God G2316 having provided G4265 some G5100 ➔ better G2909 thing G5100 for G4012 us, G2257 that G3363 ➔ they G5048 ➔ without G5565 us G2257 should G5048 ➔ not G3363 be made perfect. G5048

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:24 - And G2532 to Jesus G2424 the mediator G3316 of the new G3501 covenant, G1242 and G2532 to the blood G129 of sprinkling, G4473 that speaketh G2980 better things G2909 than G3844 that of Abel. G6

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:17 - For G1063 it is better, G2909 if G1487 the will G2307 of God G2316 be so, G2309 that ye suffer G3958 for well doing, G15 than G2228 for evil doing. G2554

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:21 - For G1063 it had been G2258 better G2909 for them G846 not G3361 to have known G1921 the way G3598 of righteousness, G1343 than, G2228 after they have known G1921 it, to turn G1994 from G1537 the holy G40 commandment G1785 delivered G3860 unto them. G846
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