κρείττωνkreíttōn

better; i. e. a. more useful, more serviceable: 1 Co. xi. 17; xii. 31 R G; Heb. xi. 40; xii. 24; with πολλῷ μᾶλλον added, Phil. i. 23 [cf. μᾶλλον, 1 b.]; κρεῖσσον (adv.) ποιεῖν, 1 Co. vii. 38; κρεῖττόν ἐστιν, it is more advantageous, foll. by an inf., 1 Co. vii. 9; 2 Pet. ii. 21, [cf. B. 217 (188); W. § 41 a. 2 a]. b. more excellent: Heb. i. 4; vi. 9; vii. 7, 19, 22; viii. 6; ix. 23; x. 34; xi. 16, 35; κρ. ἐστι, foll. by an inf., 1 Pet. iii. 17.*