Strong's Lexicon
G2909 — κρείττων
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2909 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κρείττων |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | comparative of a derivative of G2904 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 15 |
| Transliteration: | kreitton |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kreit'-town |
| Meaning: | 1. stronger 2. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler |
| KJV Renderings: | best, better |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κρείττων and (1Co 7:38; Php 1:23; in other places the reading varies between the two forms, especially in 1Co 7:9 (here T Tr WH L text κρείττων); ; Heb 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: 1Co 11:17; 1Co 12:31 R G; Heb 11:40; Heb 12:24; with πολλῷ μᾶλλον, added, Php 1:23 (cf. μᾶλλον, 1 b.); κρεῖσσον (adverb) ποιεῖν, 1Co 7:38; κρεῖττον ἐστιν, it is more advantageous, followed by an infinitive, 1Co 7:9; 2Pe 2:21 (cf. Buttmann, 217 (188); Winers Grammar, § 41 a. 2 a).
b. more excellent: Heb 1:4; Heb 6:9; Heb 7:7; Heb 7:19; Heb 7:22; Heb 8:6; Heb 9:23; Heb 10:34; Heb 11:16; Heb 11:35; κρεῖττον, followed by an infinitive, 1Pe 3:17.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κρείττων (best)
1 Corinthians 7:9
- KJV: But if they cannot contain let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn
- GK: ει δε ουκ εγκρατεύονται γαμησάτωσαν κρείσσον γαρ εστι γαμήσαι η πυρούσθαι
1 Corinthians 11:17
- KJV: Now in this that I declare I praise not that ye come together not for the better but for the worse
- GK: τούτο δε παραγγέλλων ουκ επαινώ ότι ουκ εις το κρείττον αλλ΄ εις το ήττον συνέρχεσθε
1 Corinthians 12:31
- KJV: But covet earnestly the best gifts and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way
- GK: ζηλούτε δε τα χαρίσματα τα κρείττονα και έτι καθ΄ υπερβολήν οδόν υμίν δείκνυμι
Hebrews 1:4
- KJV: Being made so much better than the angels as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they
- GK: τοσούτω κρείττων γενόμενος των αγγέλων όσω διαφορώτερον παρ΄ αυτούς κεκληρονόμηκεν όνομα
Hebrews 6:9
- KJV: But beloved we are persuaded better things of you and things that accompany salvation though we thus speak
- GK: πεπείσμεθα δε περί υμών αγαπητοί τα κρείττονα και εχόμενα σωτηρίας ει ούτω λαλούμεν
Hebrews 7:7
- KJV: And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better
- GK: χωρίς δε πάσης αντιλογίας το έλαττον υπό του κρείττονος ευλογείται
Hebrews 7:19
- KJV: For the law made nothing perfect but the bringing in of a better hope by the which we draw nigh unto God
- GK: ουδέν γαρ ετελείωσεν ο νόμος επεισαγωγή δε κρείττονος ελπίδος δι΄ ης εγγίζομεν τω θεώ
Hebrews 7:22
- KJV: By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament
- GK: κατά τοσούτον κρείττονος διαθήκης γέγονεν έγγυος Ιησούς
Hebrews 8:6
- KJV: But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant which was established upon better promises
- GK: νυνί δε διαφορωτέρας τέτευχε λειτουργίας όσω και κρείττονός εστι διαθήκης μεσίτης ήτις επί κρείττοσιν επαγγελίαις νενομοθέτηται