Strong's Greek Concordance

G2908: κρεῖσσον

kreîsson · “greater”

Definition

(as noun) better, i.e. greater advantage

KJV translates it as: better

Word origin: neuter of an alternate form of G2909 (κρείττων);

Extended definition

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)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G2908 is translated

  • better ×7
  • of a better ×3
  • superior ×2
  • a better ×2
  • better; ×1
  • with better ×1
  • to a better one ×1
  • better thing ×1
  • it is better ×1

Bible verses with G2908 (kreîsson)

Kreîsson appears in 18 verses.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:9

    But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:38

    So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:17

    Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

  • Philippians 1:23

    For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

  • Hebrews 1:4

    Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

  • Hebrews 6:9

    But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.

  • Hebrews 7:7

    And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.

  • Hebrews 7:19

    For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.

  • Hebrews 7:22

    By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

  • Hebrews 8:6

    But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

  • Hebrews 9:23

    It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

  • Hebrews 10:34

    For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

  • Hebrews 11:16

    But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

  • Hebrews 11:35

    Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

  • Hebrews 11:40

    God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

  • Hebrews 12:24

    And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

  • 1 Peter 3:17

    For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

  • 2 Peter 2:21

    For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.