ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΟΙΣ, κρατιστοις
KRATISTOIS, kratistois
Sounds Like: kra-TIS-toys
Translations: best, strongest, most excellent, most powerful, most noble, most honorable
From the root: ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the superlative form of 'strong' or 'powerful', meaning 'strongest' or 'most powerful'. It can also refer to someone or something that is 'best', 'most excellent', 'most noble', or 'most honorable'. It is often used as a respectful address, similar to 'most excellent sir' or 'your excellency'. In the provided examples, it seems to refer to the 'best' or 'most excellent' things or people.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Neuter, Superlative
Strong’s number: G2909 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 15:6
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 7:29
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 15:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤ — best, most excellent, most noble, most powerful, most mighty
- ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΑ — best, strongest, most excellent, most powerful
- ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΑΙΣ — best, most excellent, most powerful, most mighty
- ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΑΣ — most excellent, most noble, most powerful, best, the most excellent ones, the best ones
- ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΕ — most excellent, most noble, most powerful, most mighty
- ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΗ — best, most excellent, most noble, a best, the best
- ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΗΝ — most excellent, a most excellent, most noble, most powerful
- ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΟΙ — best, most excellent, most noble
- ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΟΥ — of the most excellent, of the most noble, of the best, of the most powerful
- ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΟΥΣ — best, most excellent, most powerful, most noble
- ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩ — (to) the most excellent, (to) the most noble, (to) the most honorable, (to) the most powerful
- ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΝ — of the best, of the noblest, of the most excellent, of the most powerful
- ΚΡΑΤΙΤΑΙ — most excellent, most noble, most powerful, most mighty
- ΚΡΑΤΙΤΕ — most excellent, most noble, most honorable, most mighty, most powerful
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