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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 29:19 - And Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than to give her to another man; stay with me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - “The land of Egypt is [fn]at your disposal; have your father and your brothers settle in the best of the land, let them settle in the land of Goshen; and if you know any excellent men among them, then [fn]put them in charge of my livestock.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - So 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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“If a man lets a field or vineyard be grazed bare and lets his animal loose so that it grazes in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - “And why is Yahweh bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Speak, now, in the hearing of all the lords of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am your bone and your flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 -

“My fruit is better than fine gold, even pure gold,

And my produce better than choice silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:25 -

But to those who reprove the wicked, it will be pleasant,

And a good blessing will come upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 -

“And the [fn]fortified city will cease from Ephraim,

And [fn]sovereignty from Damascus

And the remnant of Aram;

They will be like the glory of the sons of Israel,”

Declares Yahweh of hosts.

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“Woe to the one who contends with his [fn]Maker—

An earthenware vessel [fn]among the vessels of earth!

Will the clay say to the [fn]potter, ‘What are you doing?’

Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’?

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“Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?

Did not your father eat and drink

And do justice and righteousness?

Then it was well with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:13 - “So now, make good your ways and your deeds and listen to the voice of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will [fn]relent of the evil demise which He has spoken against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:14 - “But as for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as is good and right in your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15 - “Also I have sent to you all My slaves the prophets, rising up early and sending, saying: ‘Turn now every man from his evil way and make good your deeds, and do not walk after other gods to [fn]serve them. Then you will inhabit the land which I have given to you and to your fathers; but you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:20 - But Jeremiah said, “They will not give you over. Please listen to the voice of Yahweh in what I am saying to you, that it may go well with you and [fn]you may live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:6 - “Whether it is good or bad, we will listen to the voice of Yahweh our God to whom we are sending you, so that good may come to us when we listen to the voice of Yahweh our God.”
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