κρείσσων

κρείσσων

(Epic and old Att..) and κρείττων (later Att..), prop. comparat. of κρατύς, strong, but in sense often (as in cl., see LS, see word) as comparat. of ἀγαθός, [in LXX chiefly for טוֹב ;]

better;

(a) as to ad­vantage or usefulness: 1 Kor 11,17, Hebr 11,40; 12,24; πολλῷ μᾶλλον κ., Fil 1,23 κρεῖσσον ποιεῖν, 1 Kor 7,38 ἐστιν, before inf., 1 Kor 7,9, 2 Pet 2,21;

(b) as to excellence: Hebr 1,4; 6,9; 7,7, 19; 7,22; 8,6; 9,23; 10,34; 11,16, 35; κ. ἐστι, before inf., 1 Pet 3,17,†