Word

κρεῖσσον

kreîsson · G2908 · Greek · 19 occurrences

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Meanings

Better

Examples
1 Corinthians 11:17 Now in giving this next instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better, but for the worse.
Philippians 1:23 But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better;
Hebrews 10:34 For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and lasting possession.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

εἰμίto be 1

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 4 groups

λαλέωto speak 1
ὀρέγομαιto strive to attain 1
πείθωto persuade, to be confident, to trust 1
ποιέωto do, to make 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἀγαθοποιέωto do good 1
ἐπιγινώσκωto know, to recognize 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ὑπόby, under 2
εἰςto 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

טוֹב ṭôwb · H2896 · good, nice, beautiful: Hebrew טוֹב covers the general semantic domain of 'good/better' with broader application (morally good, pleasant, beneficial), while Greek κρεῖσσον specifically denotes comparative advantage or superiority ('better than,' 'more excellent'), often in contexts of moral or qualitative comparison.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Better, superior65.21: This sense denotes a comparison in which one option is judged superior to another. 1 Corinthians 7:38 concludes that the one who gives his virgin daughter in marriage does well, “and the one who does not give her in marriage will do better.”

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κρείττων kreíttōn · G2909 · better, superior, greater · 14×κρεῖσσονkreîsson · G2908

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0