Better in the Bible: 117 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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Concordance › B

better KJV

“Better” is in the King James Bible 117 times, in 114 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

טוב ṭôb 73 times
κρείττων kreittōn 17 times
καλός kalos 6 times
יטב yâṭab 4 times
διαφέρω diapherō 3 times
κρεῖσσον kreisson 2 times
μᾶλλον mallon 2 times
טוב ṭôb 2 times
λυσιτελεῖ lusitelei 1 time
περισσεύω perisseuō 1 time
προέχομαι proechomai 1 time
συμφέρω sumpherō 1 time

5 more, less often

ὑπερέχω huperechō 1 time
χρηστός chrēstos 1 time
יד yâd 1 time
יותר yôthêr 1 time
יתרון yithrôn 1 time

translating H2896

2 verses translating H2896 in Jonah Show all

Jonah

4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
4:8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

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