ΚΡΕΙΣΣΟΝ, κρεισσον
KREISSON, kreisson
Sounds Like: KRAY-son
Translations: better, more excellent, superior
From the root: ΚΡΕΙΣΣΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'better' or 'more excellent'. It is the comparative form of 'good' (ἀγαθός) or 'strong' (κράτος), indicating a higher degree of quality or superiority. It is often used to compare two things, stating that one is preferable or of greater value than the other.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter, Comparative Degree
Strong’s number: G2909 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 9:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 8:277
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 14:12
- Judges — 8:2
- Judith — 7:27
- 1 Maccabees — 3:59
- Psalms — 36:16, 62:4
- Proverbs — 21:9, 21:19, 25:7
- Sirach — 30:30, 36:26, 40:28
- Letter of Jeremiah — 1:58
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΡΕΙΣΣΩΝ.
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.
- ΚΡΕΙΣΣΟΝΑ — better, superior, a better, a superior
- ΚΡΕΙΣΣΟΝΟΣ — of better, of superior, of more excellent
- ΚΡΕΙΣΣΟΣΙΝ — (to) better, (to) stronger, (to) more excellent, (to) superior
- ΚΡΕΙΣΣΟΥΣ — better, superior, more excellent
- ΚΡΕΙΣΣΩ — better, superior, more excellent, stronger
- ΚΡΕΙΣΣΩΝ — better, superior, more excellent, stronger
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