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Lexicon :: Strong's G2908 - kreisson

Aa
κρεῖσσον
Transliteration
kreisson (Key)
Pronunciation
krice'-son
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Neuter of an alternate form of κρείττων (G2909)
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Strong’s Definitions

κρεῖσσον kreîsson, krice'-son; neuter of an alternate form of G2909; (as noun) better, i.e. greater advantage:—better.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2908 in the following manner: better (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2908 in the following manner: better (2x).
  1. better

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κρεῖσσον kreîsson, krice'-son; neuter of an alternate form of G2909; (as noun) better, i.e. greater advantage:—better.
STRONGS G2908:
κρείττων and (1 Corinthians 7:38; Philippians 1:23; in other places the reading varies between the two forms, especially in 1 Corinthians 7:9 (here T Tr WH L text κρείττων); 1 Corinthians 11:17; Hebrews 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: 1 Corinthians 11:17; 1 Corinthians 12:31 R G; Hebrews 11:40; Hebrews 12:24; with πολλῷ μᾶλλον, added, Philippians 1:23 (cf. μᾶλλον, 1 b.); κρεῖσσον (adverb) ποιεῖν, 1 Corinthians 7:38; κρεῖττον ἐστιν, it is more advantageous, followed by an infinitive, 1 Corinthians 7:9; 2 Peter 2:21 (cf. Buttmann, 217 (188); Winers Grammar, § 41 a. 2 a).
b. more excellent: Hebrews 1:4; Hebrews 6:9; Hebrews 7:7, 19, 22; Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 9:23; Hebrews 10:34; Hebrews 11:16, 35; κρεῖττον, followed by an infinitive, 1 Peter 3:17.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Corinthians
7:9; 7:9; 7:38; 7:38; 11:17; 11:17; 12:31
Philippians
1:23; 1:23
Hebrews
1:4; 6:9; 6:9; 7:7; 7:19; 7:22; 8:6; 9:23; 10:34; 11:16; 11:35; 11:40; 12:24
1 Peter
3:17
2 Peter
2:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2908 matches the Greek κρεῖσσον (kreisson),
which occurs 35 times in 33 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:12 - Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:2 - And he said unto them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - And now art thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:2 - And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:4 - But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:6 -
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;
Yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 -
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou hast anointed my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:16 -
Better is a little that the righteous hath
Than the abundance of many wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:3 -
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:10 -
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.
I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:11 -
For wisdom is better than rubies;
And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:19 -
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold;
And my revenue than choice silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:2 -
A good man shall obtain favor of Jehovah;
But a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:9 -
Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant,
Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 -
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick;
But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:16 -
Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah,
Than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:17 -
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,
Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:19 -
Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor,
Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:32 -
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 -
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,
Than a house full of feasting with strife.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 -
That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness;
And a poor man is better than a liar.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:9 -
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:19 -
It is better to dwell in a desert land,
Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 -
A wise man is strong;
Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:7 -
For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither,
Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince,
Whom thine eyes have seen.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 -
Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 -
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:6 -
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,
Than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:1 -
He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck
Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:5 - Unto them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:2 - Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?
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