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G2908κρείσσωνkreissōn

greaterPart of speech: Greek Adjective

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Occurrences by book

  1. Matthew: 0
  2. Mark: 0
  3. Luke: 0
  4. John: 0
  5. Acts: 0
  6. Romans: 0
  7. 3
  8. 2 Corinthians: 0
  9. Galatians: 0
  10. Ephesians: 0
  11. 1
  12. Colossians: 0
  13. 1 Thessalonians: 0
  14. 2 Thessalonians: 0
  15. 1 Timothy: 0
  16. 2 Timothy: 0
  17. Titus: 0
  18. Philemon: 0
  19. 13
  20. James: 0
  21. 1
  22. 1
  23. 1 John: 0
  24. 2 John: 0
  25. 3 John: 0
  26. Jude: 0
  27. Revelation: 0

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19 occurrences in 18 verses

With their references and text in Young's Literal Translation.

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:9

    and if they have not continence -- let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;

    κρεῖττον kreitton “better”

  2. 1 Corinthians 7:38

    so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

    κρεῖσσον kreisson “better”

  3. 1 Corinthians 11:17

    And this declaring, I give no praise, because not for the better, but for the worse ye come together;

    κρεῖσσον kreisson “better”

  4. Philippians 1:23

    for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,

    κρεῖσσον· kreisson “better;”

  5. Hebrews 1:4

    having become so much better than the messengers, as he did inherit a more excellent name than they.

    κρείττων kreittōn “superior”

  6. Hebrews 6:9

    and we are persuaded, concerning you, beloved, the things that are better, and accompanying salvation, though even thus we speak,

    κρείσσονα kreissona “better”

  7. Hebrews 7:7

    and apart from all controversy, the less by the better is blessed --

    κρείττονος kreittonos “superior”

  8. Hebrews 7:19

    (for nothing did the law perfect) and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw nigh to God.

    κρείττονος kreittonos “of a better”

  9. Hebrews 7:22

    by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety,

    κρείττονος kreittonos “of a better”

  10. Hebrews 8:6

    and now he hath obtained a more excellent service, how much also of a better covenant is he mediator, which on better promises hath been sanctioned,

    κρείττονός kreittonos “of a better”κρείττοσιν kreittosin “better”

  11. Hebrews 9:23

    `It is' necessary, therefore, the pattern indeed of the things in the heavens to be purified with these, and the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these;

    κρείττοσιν kreittosin “with better”

  12. Hebrews 10:34

    for also with my bonds ye sympathised, and the robbery of your goods with joy ye did receive, knowing that ye have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens, and an enduring one.

    κρείττονα kreittona “a better”

  13. Hebrews 11:16

    but now they long for a better, that is, an heavenly, wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for He did prepare for them a city.

    κρείττονος kreittonos “to a better [one]”

  14. Hebrews 11:35

    Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,

    κρείττονος kreittonos “a better”

  15. Hebrews 11:40

    God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.

    κρεῖττόν kreitton “better”

  16. Hebrews 12:24

    and to a mediator of a new covenant -- Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things than that of Abel!

    κρεῖττον kreitton “better thing”

  17. 1 Peter 3:17

    for `it is' better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;

    κρεῖττον kreitton “[It is] better”

  18. 2 Peter 2:21

    for it were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of the righteousness, than having acknowledged `it', to turn back from the holy command delivered to them,

    κρεῖττον kreitton “Better”