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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 - Laban said, “It’s better that I give her to you than to some other man. Stay here with me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:6 - and the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - So Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the district of Rameses, as Pharaoh directed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 - “If anyone grazes their livestock in a field or vineyard and lets them stray and they graze in someone else’s field, the offender must make restitution from the best of their own field or vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Ask all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember, I am your flesh and blood.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:19 - They answered him, “Be quiet! Don’t say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest. Isn’t it better that you serve a tribe and clan in Israel as priest rather than just one man’s household?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:15 - Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 - My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:25 - But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, and royal power from Damascus; the remnant of Aram will be like the glory of the Israelites,”

declares the LORD Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9 - “Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘The potter has no hands’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15 - “Does it make you a king to have more and more cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He did what was right and just, so all went well with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:13 - Now reform your ways and your actions and obey the LORD your God. Then the LORD will relent and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:14 - As for me, I am in your hands; do with me whatever you think is good and right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15 - Again and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said, “Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and reform your actions; do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you have not paid attention or listened to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:20 - “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the LORD by doing what I tell you. Then it will go well with you, and your life will be spared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9 - Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, took an oath to reassure them and their men. “Do not be afraid to serve the Babylonians,[fn]” he said. “Settle down in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:6 - Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the LORD our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well with us, for we will obey the LORD our God.”
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