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Lexicon :: Strong's G2909 - kreittōn

Aa
κρείττων
Transliteration
kreittōn (Key)
Pronunciation
krite'-tohn
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Comparative of a derivative of κράτος (G2904)
Strong’s Definitions

κρείττων kreíttōn, krite'-tohn; comparative of a derivative of G2904; stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler:—best, better.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G2909 in the following manner: better (17x), best (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G2909 in the following manner: better (17x), best (1x).

  1. more useful, more serviceable, more advantageous

  2. more excellent

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κρείττων kreíttōn, krite'-tohn; comparative of a derivative of G2904; stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler:—best, better.
STRONGS G2909:
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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 G2909 matches the Greek κρείττων (kreittōn),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:9 - But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:38 - So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:17 - But in giving you this order, there is one thing about which I am not pleased: it is that when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:23 - I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:4 - Having become by so much better than the angels, as the name which is his heritage is more noble than theirs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:9 - But, my loved ones, though we say this, we are certain that you have better things in you, things which go with salvation;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:7 - But there is no doubt that the less gets his blessing from the greater.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:19 - (Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:22 - By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:6 - But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:23 - For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:34 - For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:16 - But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:35 - Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:40 - Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:24 - And to Jesus by whom the new agreement has been made between God and man, and to the sign of the blood which says better things than Abel's blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:17 - Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:21 - For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it.
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