ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝΑ, κρειττονα
KREITTONA, kreittona
Sounds Like: KREIT-toh-nah
Translations: better, superior, more excellent, stronger, more advantageous
From the root: ΚΡΕΙΤΤΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'better' or 'superior'. It is used to compare two things, indicating that one is of higher quality, greater advantage, or stronger than the other. It can describe a person, thing, or situation that is more excellent or preferable.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G2909 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 13:224, 19:280
- Book 2 — 11:260, 13:286
- Book 3 — 15:320
- Book 4 — 2:33
- Book 5 — 1:39
- Book 6 — 11:231
- Book 10 — 10:215
- Book 11 — 5:136
- Book 12 — 2:77, 6:190
- Book 15 — 2:13
- Book 19 — 7:326, 8:345
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 22:1
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 10:45
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
- ΚΡΕΙΤΤΟΝ' — better, more excellent, superior, a better thing
- 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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