G2909 κρείττων
Strong's Greek Concordance · 17 KJV occurrences
κρείττων
kreíttōn
Definition
stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler
KJV Renderings
best, better
Derivation / Etymology
comparative of a derivative of G2904 (κράτος);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 17)
- 1 Corinthians 11:17Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
- Hebrews 1:4Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
- Hebrews 7:7And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
- Hebrews 7:22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
- Hebrews 8:6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
- Hebrews 10:34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
- Hebrews 11:35Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
- Hebrews 12:24And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.