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

  • καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐπορεύθη ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ὁδὸν ἡμέρασ καὶ ἦλθε καὶ ἐκάθισεν ὑποκάτω Ραθμὲν καὶ ᾐτήσατο τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἀποθανεῖν καὶ εἶπεν. ἱκανούσθω νῦν, λαβὲ δὴ τὴν ψυχή μου ἀπ̓ ἐμοῦ, Κύριε, ὅτι οὐ κρείσσων ἐγώ εἰμι ὑπὲρ τοὺσ πατέρασ μου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 19:4)
  • καὶ νῦν μή μοι γένοιτο φείσασθαί μου τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ θλίψεωσ, οὐ γάρ εἰμι κρείσσων τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 13:5)
  • ὅτι κρείσσων ἡμέρα μία ἐν ταῖσ αὐλαῖσ σου ὑπὲρ χιλιάδασ. ἐξελεξάμην παραρριπτεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ μου μᾶλλον ἢ οἰκεῖν με ἐν σκηνώμασιν ἁμαρτωλῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 83:11)
  • κρείσσων γὰρ σοφία λίθων πολυτελῶν, πᾶν δὲ τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆσ ἐστιν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 8:11)
  • κρείσσων ἀνὴρ ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ δουλεύων ἑαυτῷ ἢ τιμὴν ἑαυτῷ περιτιθεὶσ καὶ προσδεόμενοσ ἄρτου. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 12:9)

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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