Genesis 29:19
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
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And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
Read in context →For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
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ṭôwb · tobe
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
Strong's KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, × fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
Strong's first: Genesis 29:19Strong's last: Jonah 4:8
Open full H2896 profile →kreíttōn · krite'-tohn
stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler
Strong's KJV usage: :--best, better.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 11:17Strong's last: 2 Peter 2:21
Open full G2909 profile →kalós · kal-os'
properly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from G18, which is properly intrinsic)
Strong's KJV usage: :--X better, fair, good(-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy.
Strong's first: Matthew 18:8Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 9:15
Open full G2570 profile →yâṭab · yaw-tab'
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Strong's KJV usage: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good(-ness), be (make) merry, please ( well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, × very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Strong's first: 1 Kings 1:47Strong's last: Nahum 3:8
Open full H3190 profile →diaphérō · dee-af-er'-o
to bear through, i.e. (literally) transport; usually to bear apart, i.e. (objectively) to toss about (figuratively, report); subjectively, to "differ", or (by implication) surpass
Strong's KJV usage: :--be better, carry, differ from, drive up and down, be (more) excellent, make matter, publish, be of more value.
Strong's first: Matthew 6:26Strong's last: Luke 12:24
Open full G1308 profile →kreîsson · krice'-son
(as noun) better, i.e. greater advantage
Strong's KJV usage: :--better.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 7:9Strong's last: Philippians 1:23
Open full G2908 profile →ṭôwb · tobe
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
Strong's KJV usage: be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, × please, (be, do, go, play) well.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 4:10Strong's last: Ezekiel 36:11
Open full H2895 profile →lysiteleî · loo-sit-el-i'
impersonally, it answers the purpose, i.e. is advantageous
Strong's KJV usage: :--it is better.
Strong's first: Luke 17:2Strong's last: Luke 17:2
Open full G3081 profile →mâllon · mal'-lon
(adverbially) more (in a greater degree) or rather
Strong's KJV usage: :--+ better, X far, (the) more (and more), (so) much (the more), rather.
Strong's first: Mark 9:42Strong's last: Mark 9:42
Open full G3123 profile →perisseúō · per-is-syoo'-o
to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel
Strong's KJV usage: :--(make, more) abound, (have, have more) abundance (be more) abundant, be the better, enough and to spare, exceed, excel, increase, be left, redound, remain (over and above).
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 8:8Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 8:8
Open full G4052 profile →proéchomai · pro-ekh-om-ahee
to hold oneself before others, i.e. (figuratively) to excel
Strong's KJV usage: :--be better.
Strong's first: Romans 3:9Strong's last: Romans 3:9
Open full G4284 profile →symphérō · soom-fer'-o
to bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce; especially (neuter participle as a noun) advantage
Strong's KJV usage: :--be better for, bring together, be expedient (for), be good, (be) profit(-able for).
Strong's first: Matthew 18:6Strong's last: Matthew 18:6
Open full G4851 profile →hyperéchō · hoop-er-ekh'-o
to hold oneself above, i.e. (figuratively) to excel; participle (as adjective, or neuter as noun) superior, superiority
Strong's KJV usage: :--better, excellency, higher, pass, supreme.
Strong's first: Philippians 2:3Strong's last: Philippians 2:3
Open full G5242 profile →chrēstós · khrase-tos'
employed, i.e. (by implication) useful (in manner or morals)
Strong's KJV usage: :--better, easy, good(-ness), gracious, kind.
Strong's first: Luke 5:39Strong's last: Luke 5:39
Open full G5543 profile →yâd · yawd
a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
Strong's KJV usage: ( be) able, × about, armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, × bounty, broad, (broken-) handed, × by, charge, coast, consecrate, creditor, custody, debt, dominion, × enough, fellowship, force, × from, hand(-staves, -y work), × he, himself, × in, labour, large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, × mine, ministry, near, × of, × order, ordinance, × our, parts, pain, power, × presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, swear, terror, × thee, × by them, × themselves, × thine own, × thou, through, × throwing, thumb, times, × to, × under, × us, × wait on, (way-) side, where, wide, × with (him, me, you), work, yield, × yourselves.
Strong's first: Daniel 1:20Strong's last: Daniel 1:20
Open full H3027 profile →yôwthêr · yo-thare'
properly, redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction
Strong's KJV usage: better, more(-over), over, profit.
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 6:11Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 6:11
Open full H3148 profile →yithrôwn · yith-rone'
preeminence, gain
Strong's KJV usage: better, excellency(-leth), profit(-able).
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 10:11Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 10:11
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And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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BET'TER, a comparative of bet. See Best.]
1. Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; applied to physical, acquired or moral qualities; as a better soil, a better man, a better physician, a better house, a better air, a better harvest.
2. More advantageous.
Were it not better for us to return to Egypt:Exodus 14:12.
3. More acceptable.
To obey is better than sacrifice. 1 Samuel 15:22.
4. More safe.
It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man. Psalms 118:8.
5. Improved in health; less affected with disease; as, the patient is better
6. To be better off, to be in a better condition. Beddoes, Hygeia. This is a very common phrase; but ought not off, to be of? It is not elegant.
7. To have the better is to have the advantage or superiority, followed by of before him or that over which the advantage is enjoyed; as, the English had the better of the Spaniards.
8. To get or gain the better is to obtain the advantage, superiority or victory; as, to get the better of an enemy.
9. For the better is for the advantage or improvement.
BET'TER, adverb In a more excellent manner; with more skill and wisdom, virtue, advantage or success; as, to perform work better; to plan a scheme better; land better cultivated; laws better executed; government better administered.
1. More correctly, or fully; as, to understand a subject better than another.
2. With superior excellence; as, to write or speak better than another.
3. With more affection; in a higher degree; as, to love one better than another.
It is not easy to specify and exemplify the various applications of better In general, it implies what is more excellent, advantageous, useful, or virtuous, than something else.
BET'TER, verb transitive
1. To improve; to meliorate; to increase the good qualities of; as, manure betters land; discipline may better the morals.
2. To surpass; to exceed.
The works of nature do always aim at that which cannot be bettered.
Qu.is not the sense, made better:
3. To advance; to support; to give advantage to; as, to better a party; to better a cause.
BET'TER, noun A superior; one who has a claim to precedence on account of his rank, age, or office; as, give place to your betters. It is generally or always used in the plural.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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