κρεῖσσον
kreîsson
“(as noun) better, i.e. greater advantage”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
(as noun) better, i.e. greater advantage
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
can also be spelled κρείσσων, better, more useful or profitable, more conducive to good, 1 Cor. 7:8, 38; superior, more excellent, of a higher nature, more valuable, Heb. 1:4; 6:9; 7:7, 19, 22
Translated in KJV as
better
Etymology
neuter of an alternate form of G2909 (κρείττων);
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