Strong G2909κρείττων
stronger
- Transliteration
- kreittōn
- Pronunciation
- krite'-tohn
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Comparative of a derivative of G2904; stronger that is (figuratively) better that is nobler: - best better.
Detailed definition
κρείσσων
(Epic and old Att..) and κρείττων (later Att..), prop. comparat. of κρατύς, strong, but in sense often (as in cl., see LS, see word) as comparat. of ἀγαθός, [in LXX chiefly for טוֹב;]
better;
__(a) as to advantage or usefulness: 1Co.11:17, Heb.11:40 12:24; πολλῷ μᾶλλον κ., Php.1:23; κρεῖσσον ποιεῖν, 1Co.7:38; ἐστιν, before inf., 1Co.7:9, 2Pe.2:21;
__(b) as to excellence: Heb.1:4 6:9 7:7, 19 7:22 8:6 9:23 10:34 11:16, 35; κ. ἐστι, before inf., 1Pe.3:17.†
(AS)
(Epic and old Att..) and κρείττων (later Att..), prop. comparat. of κρατύς, strong, but in sense often (as in cl., see LS, see word) as comparat. of ἀγαθός, [in LXX chiefly for טוֹב;]
better;
__(a) as to advantage or usefulness: 1Co.11:17, Heb.11:40 12:24; πολλῷ μᾶλλον κ., Php.1:23; κρεῖσσον ποιεῖν, 1Co.7:38; ἐστιν, before inf., 1Co.7:9, 2Pe.2:21;
__(b) as to excellence: Heb.1:4 6:9 7:7, 19 7:22 8:6 9:23 10:34 11:16, 35; κ. ἐστι, before inf., 1Pe.3:17.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2909 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- good10
- better4
- thing2
- best1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 11:17Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
- 1 Corinthians 12:31But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
- Hebrews 1:4Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
- Hebrews 6:9But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
- Hebrews 7:7And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
- Hebrews 7:19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
- Hebrews 7:22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
- Hebrews 8:6But 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.
- Hebrews 9:23It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- Hebrews 10:34For 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 and an enduring substance.
- Hebrews 11:16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
- Hebrews 11:35Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
- Hebrews 11:40God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
- Hebrews 12:24And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
- 1 Peter 3:17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
- 2 Peter 2:21For it had been better 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κρείσσων, ον,
genitive ονος, as always in Epic dialect and old Attic dialect; later Attic dialect κρείττων; Ionic dialect κρέσσων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Fract.” 3, +others, variant in 4th c.BC: Dionysius Tragicus (see. below 11); _Doric dialect_)] κάρρων (which see); Cretan dialect κάρτων [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 1.15:)] — _comparative_ of κρατύς (see. κράτιστος), stronger, mightier, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (κ. βασιλεύς, ὅτε χώσεται ἀνδρὶ χέρηϊ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.80)]; especially in battle, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κρείσσοσιν ἶφι μάχεσθαι 21.486; Διὸς κ. νόος ἠέ περ ἀνδρῶν 16.688; κεραυνοῦ κρέσσον.. βέλος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).36, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.172, Hp.[same place], etc.; κρείσσων χεῖρας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.4.7; τὸ τοῦ κ. συμφέρον Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 338c, compare 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 267)]: hence, having the upper hand, superior, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ὁππότερος δέ κε νικήσῃ κ. τε γένηται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.71; κ. ἀρετῇ τε βίῃ τε 23.578)]: as Law-term, of witnesses, [Refs (κάρτονανς ἦμεν _prevail,_ Leges Gortynensium)] [prev. cited]
2 frequently as comparative of ἀγαθός, better, κρέσσονες one's betters, especially in point of rank, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).39, “N.” 10.72 (but also, _the stronger, more powerful_, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Or.” 710, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8, etc.); ἐς τοὺς τοκέας καὶ ἐς τοὺς κρέσσονας τεθυμῶσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52, compare “SIG” 685.134 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC); οἱ κ. corps of guards at Thebes, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.598e; κρείσσονες θεοί)], of the greater gods, as opposed to to Oceanus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pr.” 902 (Lyric poetry); ὁ κ. Ζεύς [prev\. author] “Ag.” 60)] (anapaest meter); οἱ κ. the Higher Powers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] “fragment” 10, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sph.” 216b, “Euthd.” 291a, etc.; τὰ κρείσσω, ={τὰ θεῖα}, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 973; τὸ κ.)] the Almighty, Providence, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (Corp.Herm. 18.11, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Ep.” 204, 6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus 1.16, 5th-6th c.AD: Procopius Gazaeus Rhetor “Pan.” p.492; τὰ κρείσσονα)] one's advantages, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἡμῖν κρείσσω καταπροδοῦναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.10)].
3 with infinitive, οὔ τις ἐμεῖο κρείσσων.. δόμεναι no one has a better right to.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.345; οὐκ ἄλλος κ. παραμυθεῖσθαι Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Politicus” 268b)]; κρεῖσσόν ἐστι with infinitive, 'tis better to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (κ. γάρ ἐστιν εἰσάπαξ θανεῖν ἢ.. πάσχειν κακῶς Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 750, compare 624, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52, etc.; τὸ μὴ εἶναι κ. ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 488, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 6; also κρείσσων εἰμί)] with participle, κ. γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ᾽ ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός thou wert better not alive, than living blind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OT” 1368, compare “Aj.” 635 (Lyric poetry); κ. ἦν ὁ ἀγὼν μὴ γεγενημένος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.192, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.9.)]
II with genitive or ἤ, too great for, surpassing, beyond, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ὕψος κ. ἐκπηδήματος Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 1376)]; of evil deeds, κρείσσον᾽ ἀγχόνης too bad for hanging, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OT” 1374; κρεῖσσον δεργμάτων)] too bad to look on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hipp.” 1217; θαυμάτων [prev\. author] “Ba.” 667)]; λέγετι σιγῆς κρεῖσσον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((κρέσσον “PSI” 9.1093) ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε 4th c.BC: Dionysius Tragicus 6; κρείσσον᾽ ἢ λέξαι λόγῳ τολμήματα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 844)]; κ. ἢ λόγοισιν (i.e. εἰπεῖν) [Refs ([prev\. author] “IT” 837; ἀναρχία κ. πυρός [prev\. author] “Hec.” 608)]; πρᾶγμα ἐλπίδος κ. γεγενημένον worse than one expected, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64; κ. λόγου τὸ κάλλος Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Memorabilia” 3.11.1; κ. τῆς ἡμετέρας δυνάμεως [prev\. author] “Cyr.” 7.5.9)].
III having control over, master of, especially of desires and passions, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (τῶν ἡδονῶν 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 214; τοῦ ἔρωτος Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.34)]; γαστρὸς καὶ κερδέων [Refs ([prev. work] 4.2.45; αὑτῶν)] over themselves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.” 232a, +others; κ. χρημάτων)] superior to the influence of money, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.19; τῶν συμμάχων κ. Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica Atheniensium” 2.1)]; also, putting oneself above, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (κ. τοῦ δικαίου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.84)]; κρείσσους ὄντες.. τῷ λογισμῷ ἐς τὸ ἀνέλπιστον τοῦ βεβαίου having reasoned themselves into an absolute belief of the hopelessness of certainty, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 83; φαύλους καὶ κρείττους τῆς παιδείας, ={οὓς παιδευθῆναι ἀδύνατον} (just below), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pol.” 1316a9.)]
IV better, more excellent, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κ. 1st c.AD: Heraclitus 54; κ. ἐπ᾽ ἀρετήν 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 181)]; ὁ κρείττων λόγος (opposed to ὁ ἥσσων) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nu.” 113; κατὰ τὸ κ.)] in a higher sense, opposed to κατὰ τὸ χεῖρον, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “Pr.” 7.)]
V adverb [Refs 5th c.BC+ (κρεισσόνως 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.4.6, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Myst.” 7.4; also κρεῖσσον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 176 (Lyric poetry), “OGI” 90.31 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC). (κρέσσων from κρέτ-yων, compare κρέτο; κάρτων and κάρρων from κάρτ-yων, compare κάρτο; κρείσσων (like μείζων))] probably took ει from ὀλείζων.)
genitive ονος, as always in Epic dialect and old Attic dialect; later Attic dialect κρείττων; Ionic dialect κρέσσων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Fract.” 3, +others, variant in 4th c.BC: Dionysius Tragicus (see. below 11); _Doric dialect_)] κάρρων (which see); Cretan dialect κάρτων [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 1.15:)] — _comparative_ of κρατύς (see. κράτιστος), stronger, mightier, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (κ. βασιλεύς, ὅτε χώσεται ἀνδρὶ χέρηϊ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.80)]; especially in battle, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κρείσσοσιν ἶφι μάχεσθαι 21.486; Διὸς κ. νόος ἠέ περ ἀνδρῶν 16.688; κεραυνοῦ κρέσσον.. βέλος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).36, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.172, Hp.[same place], etc.; κρείσσων χεῖρας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.4.7; τὸ τοῦ κ. συμφέρον Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica” 338c, compare 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 267)]: hence, having the upper hand, superior, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ὁππότερος δέ κε νικήσῃ κ. τε γένηται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.71; κ. ἀρετῇ τε βίῃ τε 23.578)]: as Law-term, of witnesses, [Refs (κάρτονανς ἦμεν _prevail,_ Leges Gortynensium)] [prev. cited]
2 frequently as comparative of ἀγαθός, better, κρέσσονες one's betters, especially in point of rank, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).39, “N.” 10.72 (but also, _the stronger, more powerful_, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Or.” 710, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.8, etc.); ἐς τοὺς τοκέας καὶ ἐς τοὺς κρέσσονας τεθυμῶσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52, compare “SIG” 685.134 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC); οἱ κ. corps of guards at Thebes, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.598e; κρείσσονες θεοί)], of the greater gods, as opposed to to Oceanus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Pr.” 902 (Lyric poetry); ὁ κ. Ζεύς [prev\. author] “Ag.” 60)] (anapaest meter); οἱ κ. the Higher Powers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] “fragment” 10, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sph.” 216b, “Euthd.” 291a, etc.; τὰ κρείσσω, ={τὰ θεῖα}, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 973; τὸ κ.)] the Almighty, Providence, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (Corp.Herm. 18.11, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Ep.” 204, 6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus 1.16, 5th-6th c.AD: Procopius Gazaeus Rhetor “Pan.” p.492; τὰ κρείσσονα)] one's advantages, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἡμῖν κρείσσω καταπροδοῦναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.10)].
3 with infinitive, οὔ τις ἐμεῖο κρείσσων.. δόμεναι no one has a better right to.., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.345; οὐκ ἄλλος κ. παραμυθεῖσθαι Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Politicus” 268b)]; κρεῖσσόν ἐστι with infinitive, 'tis better to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (κ. γάρ ἐστιν εἰσάπαξ θανεῖν ἢ.. πάσχειν κακῶς Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 750, compare 624, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52, etc.; τὸ μὴ εἶναι κ. ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 488, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 6; also κρείσσων εἰμί)] with participle, κ. γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ᾽ ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός thou wert better not alive, than living blind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OT” 1368, compare “Aj.” 635 (Lyric poetry); κ. ἦν ὁ ἀγὼν μὴ γεγενημένος 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.192, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.9.)]
II with genitive or ἤ, too great for, surpassing, beyond, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ὕψος κ. ἐκπηδήματος Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Agamemnon” 1376)]; of evil deeds, κρείσσον᾽ ἀγχόνης too bad for hanging, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OT” 1374; κρεῖσσον δεργμάτων)] too bad to look on, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hipp.” 1217; θαυμάτων [prev\. author] “Ba.” 667)]; λέγετι σιγῆς κρεῖσσον [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((κρέσσον “PSI” 9.1093) ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε 4th c.BC: Dionysius Tragicus 6; κρείσσον᾽ ἢ λέξαι λόγῳ τολμήματα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 844)]; κ. ἢ λόγοισιν (i.e. εἰπεῖν) [Refs ([prev\. author] “IT” 837; ἀναρχία κ. πυρός [prev\. author] “Hec.” 608)]; πρᾶγμα ἐλπίδος κ. γεγενημένον worse than one expected, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64; κ. λόγου τὸ κάλλος Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Memorabilia” 3.11.1; κ. τῆς ἡμετέρας δυνάμεως [prev\. author] “Cyr.” 7.5.9)].
III having control over, master of, especially of desires and passions, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (τῶν ἡδονῶν 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 214; τοῦ ἔρωτος Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.34)]; γαστρὸς καὶ κερδέων [Refs ([prev. work] 4.2.45; αὑτῶν)] over themselves, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.” 232a, +others; κ. χρημάτων)] superior to the influence of money, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.19; τῶν συμμάχων κ. Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Respublica Atheniensium” 2.1)]; also, putting oneself above, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (κ. τοῦ δικαίου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.84)]; κρείσσους ὄντες.. τῷ λογισμῷ ἐς τὸ ἀνέλπιστον τοῦ βεβαίου having reasoned themselves into an absolute belief of the hopelessness of certainty, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 83; φαύλους καὶ κρείττους τῆς παιδείας, ={οὓς παιδευθῆναι ἀδύνατον} (just below), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Pol.” 1316a9.)]
IV better, more excellent, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κ. 1st c.AD: Heraclitus 54; κ. ἐπ᾽ ἀρετήν 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 181)]; ὁ κρείττων λόγος (opposed to ὁ ἥσσων) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nu.” 113; κατὰ τὸ κ.)] in a higher sense, opposed to κατὰ τὸ χεῖρον, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “Pr.” 7.)]
V adverb [Refs 5th c.BC+ (κρεισσόνως 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.4.6, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Myst.” 7.4; also κρεῖσσον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 176 (Lyric poetry), “OGI” 90.31 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC). (κρέσσων from κρέτ-yων, compare κρέτο; κάρτων and κάρρων from κάρτ-yων, compare κάρτο; κρείσσων (like μείζων))] probably took ει from ὀλείζων.)