2001 Translation

KREISSŌN, kreissōn

Sounds Like: KREIS-sone

Translations: better, superior, more excellent, stronger

From the root: ΚΡΕΙΣΣΩΝ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is a comparative adjective meaning 'better' or 'superior'. It is used to indicate that something is of higher quality, greater strength, or more advantageous than something else. It can be used to compare people, things, or abstract concepts.

Inflection: Comparative, Nominative, Singular, Masculine or Feminine

Strong’s number: G2909 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Psalms — 83:11
• Proverbs — 12:2, 13:12, 16:32, 17:1
• Sirach — 10:27, 16:3

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 17 — 8:191
• Book 18 — 8:303
• Book 19 — 1:97, 1:112, 1:146, 2:173

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 11:11
• Book Five — 4:41

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 2:2, 10:6

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 16:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 1 Kings — 19:4
• 1 Maccabees — 13:5
• Psalms — 83:11
• Proverbs — 8:11, 8:12, 12:2, 12:9, 13:12, 15:16, 15:17, 15:29, 16:19, 16:32, 17:1, 19:19, 24:5, 27:10, 28:6, 29:1
• Wisdom — 4:1
• Sirach — 10:27, 16:3, 18:16, 20:31, 29:22, 30:14, 30:17, 41:15, 42:14
• Letter of Jeremiah — 1:72
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 1:15

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
• ΚΡΕΙΣΣΟΣΙΝ — (to) better, (to) stronger, (to) more excellent, (to) superior
• ΚΡΕΙΣΣΟΥΣ — better, superior, more excellent
• ΚΡΕΙΣΣΩ — better, superior, more excellent, stronger

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