2909 - kreittón or kreissón

Strong's Concordance

Original word: κρείττων
Transliteration: kreittón or kreissón
Definition (short): better
Definition (full): better

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: cptv. of the same as kratistos
Definition: better
NASB Translation: better (17), better things (1), greater (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Comparative of a derivative of kratos; stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. Nobler -- best, better.

see GREEK kratos

References

Strong's 2909: 19 Occurrences
KJV: But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
NASB: But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
KJV: So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
NASB: So then both he who gives his own virgin daughter in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better.
KJV: Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
NASB: But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.
KJV: For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
NASB: But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better;
KJV: Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
NASB: having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.