STRONGS G2908:
κρείττων and (
1 Corinthians 7:38;
Philippians 1:23; in other places the reading varies between the two forms, especially in
1 Corinthians 7:9 (here
T Tr WH L text
κρείττων);
1 Corinthians 11:17;
Hebrews 6:9 (here and in the preceding passage
L T Tr WH κρείσσων; see
WH's Appendix, p. 148f; cf. Sigma)
κρείσσων,
κρεισσονος, neuter
κρεισσονου (comparitive of
κρατύς, see
κράτιστος, cf. Kühner, i., p. 436; (
Buttmann, 27 (24))) (from
Homer down),
better; i. e.
a. more useful, more serviceable:
1 Corinthians 11:17;
1 Corinthians 12:31 R G;
Hebrews 11:40;
Hebrews 12:24; with
πολλῷ μᾶλλον, added,
Philippians 1:23 (cf.
μᾶλλον, 1 b.);
κρεῖσσον (adverb)
ποιεῖν,
1 Corinthians 7:38;
κρεῖττον ἐστιν,
it is more advantageous, followed by an infinitive,
1 Corinthians 7:9;
2 Peter 2:21 (cf.
Buttmann, 217 (188);
Winers Grammar, § 41 a. 2 a).
b. more excellent:
Hebrews 1:4;
Hebrews 6:9;
Hebrews 7:7,
19,
22;
Hebrews 8:6;
Hebrews 9:23;
Hebrews 10:34;
Hebrews 11:16,
35;
κρεῖττον, followed by an infinitive,
1 Peter 3:17.
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