adjective

beltiem

Greekβέλτιον (beltion)

Strong’sG957

better

stem belti-once in the New Testament0 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

very well1×

What it means

βελτίων, -ον (gen. -ονος), comp. of ἀγαθός,

[in LXX chiefly for טוֹב;]

neut. as adv., better, very well: II Ti 1:18 (also Ac 10:28 D). On elative use in these passages, v. M, Pr., 78, 236.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G957 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbel-tee'-on

better

Fromneuter of a compound of a derivative of G906 (used for the comparative of G18);

King Jamesvery well.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	beltios	beltias	beltiem	beltiois	beltiais	beltieim
object accusative	beltion	beltian		beltioin	beltiain
direct address vocative	beltior	beltiar		beltioir	beltiair
of, belonging to genitive	beltiou	beltiau	beltieu	beltioiu	beltiaiu	beltieiu
to, for dative	beltio	beltia	beltie	beltioi	beltiai	beltiei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

beltistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

belti is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

beltiem1×

2 Timothy 1:18“very well”dōatoia auto tos kurios heuriskara elesem para kuriou en ekeina ta hēmera kai hoseim en Efesa diakonata, beltiem sis gnōskasō.May the Lord grant Onesiphorus His mercy on that day. You know very well how much he ministered to me in Ephesus.