◄ 2909. kreittón or kreissón ► |
Lexicon kreittón or kreissón: better Original Word: κρείττων, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: kreittón or kreissón Phonetic Spelling: (krite'-tohn) Short Definition: stronger, more excellent Definition: stronger, more excellent. HELPS word-Studies 2909 kreíttōn (the comparative form of 2904 /krátos, "dominion") – what is better because more fully developed, i.e. in reaching the needed dominion (mastery, dominance); "better" after exerting the power needed to "plant down God's flag of victory." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origincptv. of the same as kratistosDefinitionbetter NASB Translationbetter (17), better things (1), greater (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2909: κρείττωνκρείττων 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); ; 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.
Strong's best, better. Comparative of a derivative of kratos; stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. Nobler -- best, better. see GREEK kratos |
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