χείρων cheirōn

Greek word for “worse than” · Strong’s G5501 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

χείρων, -ον, compar. of κακός; worse: 12:45 27:64; εἰς (ἐπὶ) τὸ χεῖρον.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for cheirōn in context, with how often each is used:

• worse 11

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 9 (1), Matthew 12 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Mark 2 (1), Mark 5 (1), Luke 11 (1), John 5 (1), 1 Timothy 5 (1), 2 Timothy 3 (1), Hebrews 10 (1)

Forms

• χεῖρον 4
• χείρονα 3
• χείρων 2
• χεῖρόν 1
• χείρονος 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with cheirōn more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἔσχατος eschatos “last/least” 4
• ῥάκος rhakos “a cloth” 2
• ἄγναφος agnaphos “unshrunk” 2
• πρῶτος prōtos “first” 4
• ἐπίβλημα epiblēma “patch” 2
• πονηρός ponēros “evil/bad” 3
• σχίσμα schisma “split” 2
• παλαιός palaios “old” 2
• πλήρωμα plērōma “fulfillment” 2
• κατοικέω katoikeō “to dwell” 2
• παραλαμβάνω paralambanō “to take” 2
• ἱμάτιον himation “clothing” 2

Key verses

The verses using cheirōn that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 9:16 — No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
• Matthew 12:45 — Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse…
• Matthew 27:64 — Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is…
• Mark 2:21 — No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
• Mark 5:26 — And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
• Luke 11:26 — Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than…
• John 5:14 — Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
• 1 Timothy 5:8 — But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
• 2 Timothy 3:13 — But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
• Hebrews 10:29 — Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant,…
• 2 Peter 2:20 — For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.