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Lexicon :: Strong's G957 - beltiōn

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βελτίων
Transliteration
beltiōn (Key)
Pronunciation
bel-tee'-on
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
A compound of a derivative of βάλλω (G906) (used for the comparative of ἀγαθός (G18))
Strong’s Definitions

†βελτίον beltíon, bel-tee'-on; neuter of a compound of a derivative of G906 (used for the comparative of G18); better:—very well.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G957 in the following manner: very well (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G957 in the following manner: very well (1x).

  1. better

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†βελτίον beltíon, bel-tee'-on; neuter of a compound of a derivative of G906 (used for the comparative of G18); better:—very well.
STRONGS G957:
βελτίων, -ον, genitive -ονος, better; neuter adverbially in 2 Timothy 1:18 [Winers Grammar, 242 (227); Buttmann, 27 (24). Sophocles, Thucydides, others].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Timothy
1:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G957 matches the Greek βελτίων (beltiōn),
which occurs 20 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 - “If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - Why is the LORD bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?’ Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:19 - And they said to him, “Keep quiet; put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and clan in Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:15 - And in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters. And their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold,
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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:25 - but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,
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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - The fortress will disappear from Ephraim,
and the kingdom from Damascus;
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declares the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9 - “Woe to him who strives with him who formed him,
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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:14 - But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15 - I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them persistently, saying, ‘Turn now every one of you from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to you and your fathers.’ But you did not incline your ear or listen to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9 - Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, swore to them and their men, saying, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:6 - Whether it is good or bad, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.”
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