ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝ', κρειττον'
KREITTON', kreitton'
Sounds Like: KREIT-ton
Translations: better, more excellent, superior, a better thing
From the root: ΚΡΕΙΤΤΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is the neuter singular form of the comparative adjective 'ΚΡΕΙΤΤΩΝ', meaning 'better' or 'superior'. The apostrophe at the end (coronis) indicates an elision, meaning a vowel has been omitted, likely before another word starting with a vowel. It is used to describe something that is of higher quality, more advantageous, or more desirable than something else. It can function as a predicate adjective or an attributive adjective.
Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative. The coronis indicates an elision, likely of the final alpha (ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝΑ).
Strong’s number: G2909 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 5:106
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΡΕΙΤΤΩΝ.
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.
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝ — better, superior, more excellent
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝΑ — better, superior, more excellent, stronger, more advantageous
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝΑΣ — better, stronger, more excellent, superior
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝΕΣ — better, superior, better ones, superior ones
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝΙ — better, stronger, more excellent, superior
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝΟΣ — of better, of superior, of more excellent, of greater
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝΟΣΙΝ — better, stronger, more excellent, superior
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝΩΝ — of better, of superior, of stronger, of more excellent
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝΩΣ — better, more excellently, more powerfully, more advantageously
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΣΙ — better, superior, stronger, more excellent, more profitable
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΣΙΝ — better, superior, more excellent
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΥΣ — better, superior, more excellent, better ones, superior ones
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΩ — better, superior, more excellent, stronger, more powerful
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΩΝ — better, superior, stronger, more excellent
- ΚΡΙΤʼΤΟΝ — better, more excellent, superior
- ΚΡΙΤΤΟΝ — better, superior, more excellent
- ΚΡΙΤΤΟΝΙ — (to) better, (to) stronger, (to) superior, (to) more excellent
- ΚΡΙΤΤΟΝΟΣ — of better, of stronger, of more excellent, of superior
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