Greek adjective · G5501
χείρων
cheironkhi'-rone
worse than
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: cheírōn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5501is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5501
from an obsolete equivalent
The King James renders it: sorer, worse.
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
cheiron is rendered "worse than". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 9:16No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
Matthew 9:16χεῖρον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eleven uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- worse10
- a worse1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| χείρ | cheir | hand | Uses175 |
| χειροποίητος | cheiropoietos | hand-made | Uses6 |
| χειραγωγέω | cheiragogeo | to guide | Uses2 |
| χειροτονέω | cheirotoneo | to appoint | Uses2 |
| χειραγωγός | cheiragogos | guide | Uses1 |
| χειρόγραφον | cheirographon | writen record | Uses1 |
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- χεῖρον4
- χείρονα3
- χείρων2
- χεῖρόν1
- χείρονος1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter plural3A-NPN-C
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular3A-NSN-C
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular2A-ASN-C
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1A-GSF-C
- adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1A-NSF-C
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1A-NSM-C
Matthew
three uses
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
- χεῖρονcheironadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a worse
Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there; and the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”
- χείροναcheironaadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: worse
So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
- χείρωνcheironadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: worse
Mark
two uses
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
- χεῖρονcheironadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: worse
She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse.
- χεῖρονcheironadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: worse
Luke
one use
Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
- χείροναcheironaadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: worse
John
one use
Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
- χεῖρόνcheironadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: worse
1 Timothy
one use
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- χείρωνcheironadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: worse
2 Timothy
one use
while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
- χεῖρονcheironadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: worse
Hebrews
one use
How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
- χείρονοςcheironosadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: worse
2 Peter
one use
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
- χείροναcheironaadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: worse
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.