Lexicon :: Strong's G2909 - kreittōn

κρείττων

Transliteration

kreittōn (Key)

Pronunciation

krite'-tohn

Part of Speech

adjective

Root Word (Etymology)

Comparative of a derivative of κράτος (G2904)

Greek Inflections of κρείττων [?]

mGNT
19x in 9 unique form(s) TR
17x in 7 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 2 unique form(s)

κρεῖττόν — 1x

κρεῖττον — 3x

κρείττονα — 4x

κρείττονός — 1x

κρείττονος — 5x

κρείττοσιν — 2x

κρείττων — 1x

κρείσσονα — 1x

κρείττονα — 1x

κρείττονός — 1x

κρείττονος — 5x

κρείττοσιν — 2x

κρείττων — 1x

κρεῖσσον — 3x

κρεῖττόν — 1x

κρεῖττον — 4x

κρεῗττον — 2x

κρείττων — 1x

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

more useful, more serviceable, more advantageous
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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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.

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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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G2909 matches the Greek κρείττων (kreittōn),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the TR Greek.

View OT results in the LXX Greek concordance

View NT results in the MGNT Greek concordance

1Co 11:17

1Co 11:17 - Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better,^G2909 but for the worse.

1Co 12:31

1Co 12:31 - But covet earnestly the best^G2909 gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

Heb 1:4

Heb 1:4 - Being made so much better than^G2909 the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

Heb 6:9

Heb 6:9 - But, beloved, we are persuaded better things^G2909 of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.

Heb 7:7

Heb 7:7 - And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.^G2909

Heb 7:19

Heb 7:19 - For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better^G2909 hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

Heb 7:22

Heb 7:22 - By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better^G2909 testament.

Heb 8:6

Heb 8:6 - But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better^G2909 covenant, which was established upon better^G2909 promises.

Heb 9:23

Heb 9:23 - It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better^G2909 sacrifices than these.

Heb 10:34

Heb 10:34 - For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better^G2909 and an enduring substance.

Heb 11:16

Heb 11:16 - But now they desire a better^G2909 country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

Heb 11:35

Heb 11:35 - Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better^G2909 resurrection:

Heb 11:40

Heb 11:40 - God having provided some better^G2909 thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Heb 12:24

Heb 12:24 - And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things^G2909 than that of Abel.

1Pe 3:17

1Pe 3:17 - For it is better,^G2909 if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

2Pe 2:21

2Pe 2:21 - For it had been better^G2909 for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.