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)
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G2908 — κρείσσων
kreissōn · greater · Greek
18 tagged verse occurrences
1 Corinthians 7:9 · κρεῖττονBut if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.1 Corinthians 7:38 · κρεῖσσονSo then both he that giveth his own virgin daughter in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.1 Corinthians 11:17 · κρεῖσσονBut in giving you this charge, I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better but for the worse.Philippians 1:23 · κρεῖσσον·But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:Hebrews 1:4 · κρείττωνhaving become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.Hebrews 6:9 · κρείσσοναBut, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak:Hebrews 7:7 · κρείττονοςBut without any dispute the less is blessed of the better.Hebrews 7:19 · κρείττονος(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.Hebrews 7:22 · κρείττονοςby so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.Hebrews 8:6 · κρείττονός · κρείττοσινBut now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.Hebrews 9:23 · κρείττοσινIt was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.Hebrews 10:34 · κρείττοναFor ye both had compassion on them that were in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one.Hebrews 11:16 · κρείττονοςBut now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.Hebrews 11:35 · κρείττονοςWomen received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:Hebrews 11:40 · κρεῖττόνGod having provided some better thing concerning us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.Hebrews 12:24 · κρεῖττονand to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than that of Abel.1 Peter 3:17 · κρεῖττονFor it is better, if the will of God should so will, that ye suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.2 Peter 2:21 · κρεῖττονFor it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.