κρείσσων kreissōn · G2908

greater

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)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

κρείσσων, ον, ; genitive ονος, as always in Epic dialect and old Attic dialect; later Attic dialect κρείττων; Ionic dialect κρέσσων [] κάρρων (which see); Cretan dialect κάρτων [] — _comparative_ of κρατύς (see. κράτιστος), stronger, mightier, []; especially in battle, []: hence, having the upper hand, superior, []: as Law-term, of witnesses, [] [prev. cited] ; 2 frequently as comparative of ἀγαθός, better, κρέσσονες one's betters, especially in point of rank, [], of the greater gods, as …

Where it's used 19 times

1 Corinthians 7:9 · 1 Corinthians 7:38 · 1 Corinthians 11:17 · Philippians 1:23 · Hebrews 1:4 · Hebrews 6:9 · Hebrews 7:7 · Hebrews 7:19 · Hebrews 7:22 · Hebrews 8:6 · Hebrews 9:23 · Hebrews 10:34 · Hebrews 11:16 · Hebrews 11:35 · Hebrews 11:40 · Hebrews 12:24 · 1 Peter 3:17 · 2 Peter 2:21 … and 1 more

Source: TBESG G2908; TFLSJ G2908

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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