Kreissōn κρείσσων

Kreissōn (Greek κρείσσων, Strong's G2908) is a Greek adjective meaning “greater”. It occurs 19 times in 18 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Kreissōn, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 7:9
  But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
• 1 Corinthians 7:38
  So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
• 1 Corinthians 11:17
  Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.In the following instructions I have no praise to offer, because your gatherings do more harm than good.

Philippians

• Philippians 1:23
  For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 1:4
  Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.
• Hebrews 6:9
  But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.
• Hebrews 7:7
  And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.
• Hebrews 7:19
  For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
• Hebrews 7:22
  By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
• Hebrews 8:6
  But 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.Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
• Hebrews 9:23
  It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
• Hebrews 10:34
  For 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.You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
• Hebrews 11:16
  But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
• Hebrews 11:35
  Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
• Hebrews 11:40
  God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
• Hebrews 12:24
  And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

1 Peter

• 1 Peter 3:17
  For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

2 Peter

• 2 Peter 2:21
  For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).