Strong's G2909 · Greek
κρείττων κρείσσων
kreitton · /krite'-tohn/
Definition
comparative of a derivative of 2904; stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler:--best, better.
KJV: best, better
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered κρείττων κρείσσων across 17 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
17 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
1 Corinthians3 verses
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
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.
1 Corinthians 12:31But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
Hebrews12 verses
Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Hebrews 6:9But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
Hebrews 7:7And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
Hebrews 7:19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. the bringing: or, it was the bringing in
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. covenant: or, testament
Hebrews 9:23It 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.
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 11:16But 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.
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 11:40God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. provided: or, foreseen
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. covenant: or, testament
1 Peter1 verse
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's G2909 (kreitton) mean?
comparative of a derivative of 2904; stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler:--best, better.
How many times does G2909 appear in the Bible?
Strong's G2909 (κρείττων κρείσσων) appears in 17 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “better.”
How is kreitton translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's G2909 is rendered as “better” (14×), “things” (2×), “best” (1×), “than” (1×).