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Lexicon :: Strong's G5501 - cheirōn

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χείρων
Transliteration
cheirōn (Key)
Pronunciation
khi'-rone
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Irregular comparative of κακός (G2556)
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Strong’s Definitions

χείρων cheírōn, khi'-rone; irregular comparative of G2556; from an obsolete equivalent χέρης chérēs (of uncertain derivation); more evil or aggravated (physically, mentally or morally):—sorer, worse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G5501 in the following manner: worse (7x), sorer (1x), worse (with G1519) (with G3588) (1x), worse and worse (with G1909) (with G3588) (1x), a worse thing (with G5100) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G5501 in the following manner: worse (7x), sorer (1x), worse (with G1519) (with G3588) (1x), worse and worse (with G1909) (with G3588) (1x), a worse thing (with G5100) (1x).

  1. worse

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χείρων cheírōn, khi'-rone; irregular comparative of G2556; from an obsolete equivalent χέρης chérēs (of uncertain derivation); more evil or aggravated (physically, mentally or morally):—sorer, worse.
STRONGS G5501:
χειρῶν, χεῖρον (comparitive of κακός; derived from the obsolete χερης, which has been preserved in the dative χερηι, accusative χερηα, plural χερεης, χερηα; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., p. 268 (cf. Ebeling, Lex. Homer under the word χερης) (from Homer down), worse: Matthew 9:16; Matthew 27:64; Mark 2:21; γίνεται τά ἔσχατα χείρονα τῶν πρώτων, Matthew 12:45; Luke 11:26; 2 Peter 2:20; εἰς τό χεῖρον ἔρχεσθαι (to grow worse), of one whose illness increases, Mark 5:26; ἵνα μή χεῖρον σοι τί γένηται, lest some worse thing befall thee, John 5:14; πόσῳ χειρῶν τιμωρία (A. V. how much sorer punishment), Hebrews 10:29; ἐπί τό χεῖρον προκόπτειν ((A. V. wax worse and worse); see προκόπτω, 2), 2 Timothy 3:13; of the moral character, σπιστου χειρῶν, 1 Timothy 5:8.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
9:16; 12:45; 27:64
Mark
2:21; 5:26
Luke
11:26
John
5:14
1 Timothy
5:8
2 Timothy
3:13
Hebrews
10:29
2 Peter
2:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5501 matches the Greek χείρων (cheirōn),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:16 - “But no one puts [fn]a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for [fn]the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse G5501 tear results.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:45 - “Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse G5501 than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 - “Therefore, order for the grave to be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come and steal Him away and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse G5501 than the first.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:21 -

“No one sews [fn]a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise [fn]that patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse G5501 tear results.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:26 - and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse G5501—

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:26 - “Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, and the last state of that man becomes worse G5501 than the first.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:14 - Afterward Jesus *found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse G5501 happens to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:8 - But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse G5501 than an unbeliever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 3:13 -

But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse G5501, deceiving and being deceived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:29 - How much worse G5501 punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as defiled the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:20 - For if they are overcome, having both escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and having again been entangled in them, then the last state has become worse G5501 for them than the first.
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