ΚΡΕΙΣΣΟΣΙΝ, κρεισσοσιν
KREISSOSIN, kreissosin
Sounds Like: KREIS-so-sin
Translations: (to) better, (to) stronger, (to) more excellent, (to) superior
From the root: ΚΡΕΙΣΣΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'better,' 'stronger,' or 'more excellent.' It is used to describe something or someone that surpasses others in quality, strength, or virtue. As a dative plural, it would typically be used to indicate the recipients of an action or the beneficiaries of something, often translated with 'to' or 'for' before the adjective.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, All genders
Strong’s number: G2909 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
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.
- ΚΡΕΙΣΣΟΝ — better, more excellent, superior
- ΚΡΕΙΣΣΟΝΑ — better, superior, a better, a superior
- ΚΡΕΙΣΣΟΝΟΣ — of better, of superior, of more excellent
- ΚΡΕΙΣΣΟΥΣ — better, superior, more excellent
- ΚΡΕΙΣΣΩ — better, superior, more excellent, stronger
- ΚΡΕΙΣΣΩΝ — better, superior, more excellent, stronger
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