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 don’t have self-control, let them marry. For it’s better to marry than to burn.1 Corinthians 7:38 · κρεῖσσονSo then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.1 Corinthians 11:17 · κρεῖσσονBut in giving you this command, I don’t praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse.Philippians 1:23 · κρεῖσσον·But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.Hebrews 1:4 · κρείττωνhaving become so much better than the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they have.Hebrews 6:9 · κρείσσοναBut, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.Hebrews 7:7 · κρείττονοςBut without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.Hebrews 7:19 · κρείττονος(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.Hebrews 7:22 · κρείττονοςBy so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.Hebrews 8:6 · κρείττονός · κρείττοσινBut now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.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 you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.Hebrews 11:16 · κρείττονοςBut now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.Hebrews 11:35 · κρείττονοςWomen received their dead by resurrection. 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, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.Hebrews 12:24 · κρεῖττονto Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.1 Peter 3:17 · κρεῖττονFor it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.2 Peter 2:21 · κρεῖττονFor it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.