What does κρείττων · πατρίς mean in the Bible?
κρείττων · πατρίς is a Greek phrase meaning "better homeland; better country".
Greek · G2909, G3968
κρείττονος πατρίδος
Stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler · fatherland
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κρείττων G2909 stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler
Pronunciation kreíttōn
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πατρίς G3968 fatherland
Pronunciation patrís
One's native town or homeland, often with overtones of familial belonging and ancestral heritage.
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What does κρείττονος πατρίδος (kreittonos patridos) mean in the Bible?
κρείττων · πατρίς is a Greek phrase meaning "better homeland; better country".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2909, G3968?
G2909, G3968 is connected to 19 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. better homeland; better country
Source Gloss
better homeland; better country
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 19 Case pattern Accusative (6) Number pattern Singular (16)
Nominative · Singular · Neuter 1 Cor 7:9 · Phil 1:23 · 1 Pet 3:17 · 2 Pet 2:21 4×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Heb 1:4 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 7:19 · Heb 7:22 · Heb 8:6 · Heb 11:16 · Heb 11:35 5×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Heb 7:7 1×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Heb 8:6 · Heb 9:23 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter 1 Cor 7:38 · 1 Cor 11:17 · Heb 11:40 · Heb 12:24 4×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Heb 6:9 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Heb 10:34 1×
Word Origins
κρείττονος πατρίδος is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain