Greek adjective · G2908
κρεῖσσον
kreissonkrice'-son
greater
19 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kreîsson
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2908is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2908
(as noun) better, i.e. greater advantage
The King James renders it: better.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kreisson is rendered "greater". It stands 19 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in Hebrews, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Corinthians 7:9But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
1 Corinthians 7:9κρεῖττον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Thirteen of the word's nineteen uses are in Hebrews.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- better9
- of a better3
- a better2
- superior2
- better thing1
- to a better1
- with better1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κρείττων | kreitton | stronger | Usesnot recorded |
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κρείττονος5
- κρεῖττον4
- κρεῖσσον3
- κρείττοσιν2
- κρείσσονα1
- κρεῖττόν1
- κρείττονα1
- κρείττονός1
- κρείττων1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular5A-GSF-C
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular4A-ASN-C
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular4A-NSN-C
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural2A-DPF-C
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural1A-APN-C
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular1A-ASF-C
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1A-GSM-C
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1A-NSM-C
1 Corinthians
three uses
But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
- κρεῖττονkreittonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: better
So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
- κρεῖσσονkreissonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: better
In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.
- κρεῖσσονkreissonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: better
Philippians
one use
I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
- κρεῖσσονkreissonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: better
Hebrews
thirteen uses
So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.
- κρείττωνkreittonadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: superior
Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.
- κρείσσοναkreissonaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: better
And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.
- κρείττονοςkreittonosadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: superior
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
- κρείττονοςkreittonosadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of a better
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
- κρείττονοςkreittonosadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of a better
Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
- κρείττονόςkreittonosadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of a better
- κρείττοσινkreittosinadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: better
So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- κρείττοσινkreittosinadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: with better
You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
- κρείττοναkreittonaadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a better
Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
- κρείττονοςkreittonosadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: to a better
Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
- κρείττονοςkreittonosadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: a better
God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
- κρεῖττόνkreittonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: better
to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
- κρεῖττονkreittonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: better thing
1 Peter
one use
For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
- κρεῖττονkreittonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: better
2 Peter
one use
It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
- κρεῖττονkreittonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: Better
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.