χείρων, ὁ, ἡ,

neut. χεῖρον, gen. -ονος, acc. -ονα: nom. and acc. pl. χείρονες, -ας, χείρονα, contr. in Att. Prose χείρους, χείρω; dat. χείροσι, poet. χειρόνεσσι Pi. N. 8.22: - (for form χερείων, poet. χειρότερος, χερειότερος, v. sub vocc.): - irreg. Comp. of κακός: (χείρων from Χερ-ψων, cf. χερείων):

I of persons, mcaner, inferior, either in bodily strength and bravery, or in rank, opp. ἀρείων, Il. 10.238, Od. 20.133; σὺ μὲν ἐσθλὸς ἐγὼ δὲ σέθεν πολὺ χείρων Il. 20.434; τοῦ γένετ’ ἐκ πατρὸς πολὺ χείρονος υἱὸς ἀμείνων 15.641, cf. Od. 20.82; ἦ πολὺ χείρονες ἄνδρες ἀμύμονος ἀνδρὸς ἄκοιτιν μνῶνται 21.325; opp. κρείσσων, Pi. I. 4(3).34(52); τὸν ὄλβιον τόν τε χ. E. Ba. 422 (lyr.); τὰ χείρονα S. Fr. 192, E. Supp. 196.

2. later in moral sense, worse than others, sts. almost like a positive, knave, opp. ἀγαθός, S. Ph. 456, cf. Th. 3.9, Lys. 16.3; οἱ πένητες καὶ οἱ δημόται καὶ οἱ χ. X. Ath. 1.4, cf. 3.10; οἱ χ., opp. οἱ ἀγαθοί, Pl. R. 460c, etc. χ. βίος, opp. ἀμείνων, ib. 618d; γνώμη X. Cyr. 8.8.7.

3. worse in quality, inferior, of horses, Il. 23.572: inferior, less skilful, ἰητροί Hp. Acut. 6; ζωγράφοι, δημιουργοί, etc., Pl. Cra. 429a, R. 421e, etc.: χ. εἰς σοφίαν, εἰς τὴν ἀρετήν, Id. Tht. 162c, R. 335b; πρὸς ἀλήθειαν Luc. JTr. 48; c. acc., χ. τὰ πολεμικά X. Cyr. 8.8.20; χ. τὴν ψυχήν, τὴν διάνοιαν, Aeschin. 3.46. Isoc. 11.43; τὰ ἄλλα μηδὲν χ. Id. 4.105; c. inf., χ. ἡμῶν ταῦτα ποιεῖν X. Cyr. 2.1.16; οὐδὲν χείρους ἔσεσθε.. ἀκηκοότες you will be none the worse for having heard.., D. 24.139; less kind, μὴ χ. περὶ ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς εἶναι.. τῶν ὑπαρχόντων Id. 2.2.

II of things, inferior in quality, ἄεθλον Il. 23.413; ὑποδήματα X. Oec. 13.10; ὄνομα Pl. Cra. 429b.

2. worse, harder, more severe, νόσος E. Andr. 220; μοῖρα Pl. Phdr. 248e; τιμωρία Heb 10:29.

III neut.,

1 as a Subst., τὸ χ. inferiority, Polem. Call. 27; but mostly in phrases with Preps., ἐπὶ τὸ χ. τρέπεσθαι, κλῖναι, fall off, get worse, X. Cyr. 8.8.2, Mem. 3.5.13; ἐπὶ τὸ χ. μεταβάλλει ἑαυτόν Pl. R. 381b; ἀλλοιοῦσθαι ἐπὶ τὸ χ., opp. ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον, Thphr. CP 6.3.3; also πάντα ὑποπτεύοντες ἐπὶ τὸ χ. putting the worst construction on.. D.H. 6.85; λαμβάνειν τι ἐπὶ τὸ χ. J. AJ 16.7.4; also πρὸς τὸ χ. μεταβάλλειν D.S. 20.57; κατὰ τὸ χ. Pl. Lg. 720e; in the lower sense, opp. κατὰ τὸ κρεῖττον, Dam. Pro 7:1-27: less freq. in pl., ἐπὶ τὰ χείρω ἰέναι X. Mem. 3.9.9; τὰ χ. προαιρεῖσθαι Isoc. 8.110.

2. as a predicate, ἀλλὰ σοὶ αὐτῷ χ. (sc. ἐστί or ἔσται) Od. 15.515, cf. X. An. 7.6.4; with a neg., οὐ χ. [ἐστι ] c. inf., we may as well, Pl. Phd. 105a, Arist. EN 1127a14; simply οὐ χεῖρον, in an answer, it is as well, Ar. Eq. 37; λάβ’, ὦγάθ’· οὐδὲν χ. Clearch.Com. 4.

3. as Adv., worse, χ. βουλεύσασθαι Th. 3.46, cf. 6.89; χ. πρᾶξαι Id. 7.67; βιῶναι, ζῆν, Pl. R. 344e, 519d. in inferior degree, less, ἀγαπᾶν Id. Lg. 928a; φυλακὰς χ. φυλαττομένας X. HG 6.2.17, etc. Sup. χείριστος, η, ον, worst, Pl. Plt. 303a, etc.; ὁ χ., opp. ὁ βέλτιστος, Lys. 1.2; esp. οἱ χ. men of lowest degrce, X. Mem. 1.2.32. Adv. χείριστα Arist. PA 687a24, Metaph. 1083b2 (dub. 1.); also -τως LXX 2Ma 7:39.

χείρων cheirōn 11x

    worse, Mat 9:16;

    more severe, Joh 5:14; Heb 10:29 worse.

G5501 — χειρῶν

χεῖρον (comparitive of κακός; derived from the obsolete χερης, which has been preserved in the dative χερηι, accusative χερηα, plural χερεης, χερηα; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., p. 268 (cf. Ebeling, Lex. Homer under the word χερης) (from Homer down), worse: Mat 9:16; Mat 27:64; Mar 2:21; γίνεται τά ἔσχατα χείρονα τῶν πρώτων, Mat 12:45; Luk 11:26; 2Pe 2:20; εἰς τό χεῖρον ἔρχεσθαι (to grow worse), of one whose illness increases, Mar 5:26; ἵνα μή χεῖρον σοι τί γένηται, lest some worse thing befall thee, Joh 5:14; πόσῳ χειρῶν τιμωρία (A. V. how much sorer punishment), Heb 10:29; ἐπί τό χεῖρον προκόπτειν ((A. V. wax worse and worse); see προκόπτω, 2), 2Ti 3:13; of the moral character, σπιστου χειρῶν, 1Ti 5:8.

χείρων , - ον , compar . of κακός ,

[in LXX : 1Sa 17:43 B , Wis 15:18 ; Wis 17:6 , 3Ma 5:20 * ;]

worse: Mat 9:16; Mat 12:45; Mat 27:64, Mar 2:21, Luk 11:26, Joh 5:14, 1Ti 5:8, Heb 10:29 , 2Pe 2:20; εἰς ( ἐπὶ ) τὸ χεῖρον , Mar 5:26, 2Ti 3:13. †

詞類次數：形容詞（11）

原文字根：更惡劣的

字義溯源：更加惡，更加壞，更壞的事，更壞了，更厲害，更不好，更大，惡劣，重，更嚴重的；源自（G2556（κακός）*=卑劣的）

出現次數：總共（11）；太（3）；可（2）；路（1）；約（1）；提前（1）；提後（1）；來（1）；彼後（1）

譯字彙編：

1）更壞（2）提前5:8；提後3:13；

2）更壞了（2）太12:45；彼後2:20；

3）更大了（2）太9:16；可2:21；

4）重的（1）來10:29；

5）更壞的事（1）約5:14；

6）惡劣（1）可5:26；

7）更厲害了（1）太27:64；

8）更不好了（1）路11:26