adjective
cheirōnos
Strong’sG5501
worse
stem cheirōn-11 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books0 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
χείρων, -ον, compar. of κακός
[in LXX: I Ki 17:43 B, Wi 15:18 17:6, III Mac 5:20 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5501 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhi'-rone
from an obsolete equivalent χέρης (of uncertain derivation); more evil or aggravated (physically, mentally or morally)
Fromirregular comparative of G2556;
King Jamessorer, worse.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
neuter χεῖρον, genitive -ονος, accusative -ονα: nominative and accusative plural χείρονες, -ας, χείρονα, contraction in Attic dialect Prose χείρους, χείρ; dative χείροσι, poetry χειρόνεσσι Refs 5th c.BC+:—(for Epic dialect form χερείων, poetry χειρότερος, χερειότερος, (see entry).):—irregular comparative of κακός: (χείρων from *χερ-yων, compare χερείων):
I of persons, mcaner, inferior, either in bodily strength and bravery, or in rank, opposed to ἀρείων, Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to κρείσσων, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 later in moral sense, worse than others, sometimes almost like a positive, knave, opposed to ἀγαθός, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ χ., opposed to οἱ ἀγαθοί, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2.b χ. βίος, opposed to ἀμείνων,Refs 5th c.BC+
I.3 worse in quality, inferior, of horses, Refs 8th c.BC+: inferior, less skilful, ἰητροί Refs 5th c.BC+; ζωγράφοι, δημιουργοί, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+; χ. τὴν ψυχήν, τὴν διάνοιαν, Refs 5th c.BC+; with infinitive, χ. ἡμῶν ταῦτα ποιεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐδὲν χείρους ἔσεσθε.. ἀκηκοότες you will be none the worse for having heard.., Refs 4th c.BC+; less kind, μὴ χ. περὶ ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς εἶναι.. τῶν ὑπαρχόντων Refs
II of things, inferior in quality, ἄεθλον Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 worse, harder, more severe, νόσος NT+5th c.BC+
III neuter,
III.1 as a substantive, τὸ χ. inferiority, Refs 1st c.AD+; but mostly in phrases with Preps., ἐπὶ τὸ χ. τρέπεσθαι, κλῖναι, fall off, get worse, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀλλοιοῦσθαι ἐπὶ τὸ χ., opposed to ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον, Refs 4th c.BC+; also πάντα ὑποπτεύοντες ἐπὶ τὸ χ. putting the worst construction on.. Refs 5th c.BC+; in the lower sense, opposed to κατὰ τὸ κρεῖττον, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 as a predicate, ἀλλὰ σοὶ αὐτῷ χ. (i.e. ἐστί or ἔσται) Refs 8th c.BC+; with a negative, οὐ χ. [ἐστι] with infinitive, we may as well, Refs 5th c.BC+; simply οὐ χεῖρον, in an answer, it is as well, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 as adverb, worse, χ. βουλεύσασθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; βιῶναι, ζῆν, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3.b in inferior degree, less, ἀγαπᾶν Refs 5th c.BC+
B superlative χείριστος, η, ον, worst, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ χ., opposed to ὁ βέλτιστος, Refs 5th c.BC+men of lowest degrce, Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb χείριστα Refs 4th c.BC+ also -τως LXX
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | cheirōnos | cheirōnas | cheirōnem | cheirōnois | cheirōnais | cheirōneim |
| object accusative | cheirōnon | cheirōnan | cheirōnoin | cheirōnain | ||
| direct address vocative | cheirōnor | cheirōnar | cheirōnoir | cheirōnair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | cheirōnou | cheirōnau | cheirōneu | cheirōnoiu | cheirōnaiu | cheirōneiu |
| to, for dative | cheirōno | cheirōna | cheirōne | cheirōnoi | cheirōnai | cheirōnei |
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
cheirōn 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
cheirōnem5×
Matthew 9:16… plērōmem auteu apo teu himatieu, kai cheirōnem schismem genotō.… away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
Mark 2:21… auteu tem kainem teu palaieu, kai cheirōnem schismem genotō.… away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
John 5:14… hugios genasē; mēketi hamartasōr, hina mē cheirōnem si tinem geneteia.… made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
Mark 5:26… mēdenem ōfelirantas alla mallon eis tem cheirōnem ercharantas,… Instead, her condition had only grown worse.
2 Timothy 3:13… anthrōpois kai goētois prokoptali epi tem cheirōnem, planarōntois kai planorōntois.… and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
cheirōneim3×
Matthew 12:45… genotō teim eschateim tou anthrōpou ekeinou cheirōneim teiu prōteiu. houtōs eti kai ta …… final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it …
Luke 11:26… genotō teim eschateim tou anthrōpou ekeinou cheirōneim teiu prōteiu.… final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
2 Peter 2:20… emplekirantois hēttolē, genatē autoi teim eschateim cheirōneim teiu prōteiu.… it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
cheirōnas1×
Matthew 27:64… nekroiu, kai eti tas eschatas planas cheirōnas tau prōtau.… And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
cheirōnos1×
1 Timothy 5:8… tan pistian arnotē kai atō apistou cheirōnos.… has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
cheirōnau1×
Hebrews 10:29“worse”pose dokavō cheirōnau axiiti timōriau tos ton huion tou …How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of …