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 cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.1 Corinthians 7:38 · κρεῖσσονSo then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.1 Corinthians 11:17 · κρεῖσσονNow in this that I declare [unto you] I praise [you] not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.Philippians 1:23 · κρεῖσσον·For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:Hebrews 1:4 · κρείττωνBeing made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained 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 · κρείττονοςAnd without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.Hebrews 7:19 · κρείττονοςFor the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did]; by the which we draw nigh unto God.Hebrews 7:22 · κρείττονοςBy so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.Hebrews 8:6 · κρείττονός · κρείττοσινBut 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 9:23 · κρείττοσιν[It 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 10:34 · κρείττοναFor 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 11:16 · κρείττονοςBut 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 11:35 · κρείττονοςWomen received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:Hebrews 11:40 · κρεῖττόνGod having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.Hebrews 12:24 · κρεῖττονAnd to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel.1 Peter 3:17 · κρεῖττονFor [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.2 Peter 2:21 · κρεῖττονFor 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.