Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κρείσσων

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρείσσων κρεῖσσον

Structure: κρεισς (Stem) + ων (Comparative Ending)

Etym.: κρατύς의 비교급

Sense

  1. stronger, mightier, more powerful
  2. better, betters, advantages
  3. a better right, better, better
  4. too great for, too great, too bad for, worse
  5. having power over, master of, superior to
  6. better, more excellent

Examples

  • οὐ τοῦτο ἦν τὸ ρῆμα, ὃ ἐλαλήσαμεν πρὸσ σὲ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, λέγοντεσ. πάρεσ ἡμᾶσ, ὅπωσ δουλεύσωμεν τοῖσ Αἰγυπτίοισ̣ κρεῖσσον γὰρ ἡμᾶσ δουλεύειν τοῖσ Αἰγυπτίοισ ἢ ἀποθανεῖν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ταύτῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 14:12)
  • καὶ εἶπε πρὸσ αὐτούσ. τί ἐποίησα νῦν καθὼσ ὑμεῖσ̣ ἢ οὐχὶ κρεῖσσον ἐπιφυλλὶσ Ἐφραὶμ ἢ τρυγητὸσ Ἀβιέζερ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 8:2)
  • κρεῖσσον γὰρ ἡμῖν γενηθῆναι αὐτοῖσ εἰσ διαρπαγήν, ἐσόμεθα γὰρ εἰσ δούλουσ, καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν, καὶ οὐκ ὀψόμεθα τὸν θάνατον τῶν νηπίων ἡμῶν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσ ἡμῶν καὶ τὰσ γυναῖκασ καὶ τὰ τέκνα ἡμῶν ἐκλειπούσασ τὰσ ψυχὰσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 7:27)
  • ὅτι κρεῖσσον ἡμᾶσ ἀποθανεῖν ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ ἢ ἐπιδεῖν ἐπὶ τὰ κακὰ τοῦ ἔθνουσ ἡμῶν καὶ τῶν ἁγίων. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 3:59)
  • κρεῖσσον ὀλίγον τῷ δικαίῳ ὑπὲρ πλοῦτον ἁμαρτωλῶν πολύν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 36:16)

Synonyms

  1. stronger

  2. better

  3. a better right

  4. having power over

  5. better

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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