G2908, G2909
κρείττων kreittōn 19x
can also be spelled κρείσσων, better, more useful or profitable, more conducive to good, [1Co 7:8]; [1Co 7:38];
superior, more excellent, of a higher nature, more valuable, [Heb 1:4]; [Heb 6:9]; [Heb 7:7]; [Heb 7:19]; [Heb 7:22] better.
κρείσσων
(Epic and old Att. .) and κρείττων (later Att. .), prop . comparat. of κρατύς , strong, but in sense often (as in cl ., v. LS , s.v. ) as comparat. of ἀγαθός ,
[in LXX chiefly for H2896;]
better;
(a) as to ad-vantage or usefulness: [1Co 11:17], [Heb 11:40]; [Heb 12:24]; πολλῷ μᾶλλον κ ., [Php 1:23]; κρεῖσσον ποιεῖν , [1Co 7:38]; ἐστιν , seq . inf ., 1Co 7:9 , [2Pe 2:21];
(b) as to excellence: [Heb 1:4]; [Heb 6:9]; [Heb 7:7]; [Heb 7:19]; [Heb 7:22]; [Heb 8:6]; [Heb 9:23]; [Heb 10:34]; [Heb 11:16]; [Heb 11:35]; κ . ἐστι , seq . inf ., [1Pe 3:17]. †