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χείρων

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
χείρων, -ον
Greek transliteration: 
cheirōn
Simplified transliteration: 
cheiron
Numbers
Strong's number: 
5501
GK Number: 
5937
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
11
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-4b(1)
Gloss: 
worse (than); more severe than
Definition: 
worse,

, Mt. 9:16; more severe, Jn. 5:14; Heb. 10:29

Greek-English Concordance for χείρων

Matthew 9:16 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment, and the tear will be worse (cheiron | χεῖρον | nom sg neut comparative).
Matthew 12:45 Then it goes and brings along with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there; and the last state of that person turns out to be worse (cheirona | χείρονα | nom pl neut comparative) than the first. So will it be for this evil generation as well.”
Matthew 27:64 Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deceit will be greater (cheirōn | χείρων | nom sg fem comparative) than the first.”
Mark 2:21 “No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth unshrunk sews on an old garment. old If he does, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the worse (cheiron | χεῖρον | nom sg neut comparative). tear becomes worse (cheiron | χεῖρον | nom sg neut comparative).
Mark 5:26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors, and had spent all she had, all yet it benefitted her nothing; rather she had grown worse.
Luke 11:26 Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, — seven of them! — and after going in they settle down to live there. So the last state of that person has become worse (cheirona | χείρονα | nom pl neut comparative) than the first.”
John 5:14 Later on Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you have been healed! Do not sin any longer, so that nothing worse (cheiron | χεῖρον | nom sg neut comparative) happens to you.”
1 Timothy 5:8 But if anyone does not care for his own, especially his household members, he has disowned the faith and is worse (cheirōn | χείρων | nom sg masc comparative) than an unbeliever.
2 Timothy 3:13 while wicked people and impostors will advance from bad to worse (cheiron | χεῖρον | acc sg neut comparative), deceiving and being deceived.
Hebrews 10:29 How much greater (cheironos | χείρονος | gen sg fem comparative) punishment do you think will be deserved by the one who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
2 Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become for them worse (cheirona | χείρονα | nom pl neut comparative) than the first.