adjective
kratistos
Strong’sG2903
most excellent
stem kratist-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 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.
κράτιστος, -η, -ον,
superl. of κρατύς (Hom.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2903 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkrat'-is-tos
strongest, i.e. (in dignity) very honorable
Fromsuperlative of a derivative of G2904;
King Jamesmost excellent (noble).
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
Epic dialect κάρτ- (as always in Refs 8th c.BC+, strongest, mightiest, Refs 8th c.BC+; Λημνίων τὸ κ. the best of their men, Refs the strength or flower of.., Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.; of things, καρτίστην.. μάχην fiercest fight, Refs 8th c.BC+.
2 generally, best, most excellent, as superlative of ἀγαθός, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ κράτιστοι the aristocracy, Refs 5th c.BC+
2.b as a title or mode of address, NT; especially = Latin egregius, Refs 1st c.AD+, of a woman of the equester ordo, Refs Latin clarissimus, of Senators, ὁ κ. ἀνθὐπατος Refs 3rd c.AD+
2.c with modal words added, Refs 5th c.BC+; πάντων πάντα κ. best of all in.., Refs 6th c.BC+: with infinitive, best at doing, Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.: with participle, Refs.
3 neuter followed by infinitive, φυγέειν κάρτιστον to flee were best, Refs 8th c.BC+: absolutely, ὅπερ κ. the main point, Refs 5th c.BC+
4 adverb usages, ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου in all good faith, Refs 2nd c.BC+: neuter plural κράτιστα as adverb, Refs 5th c.BC+ —The _comparative_ in use is κρείσσων (which see).
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 | kratistos | kratistas | kratistem | kratistois | kratistais | kratisteim |
| object accusative | kratiston | kratistan | kratistoin | kratistain | ||
| direct address vocative | kratistor | kratistar | kratistoir | kratistair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | kratistou | kratistau | kratisteu | kratistoiu | kratistaiu | kratisteiu |
| to, for dative | kratisto | kratista | kratiste | kratistoi | kratistai | kratistei |
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
kratist 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.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
kratistor3×
Luke 1:3… anōthen pantei akribōs kathexēs si grafara, kratistor Theofilor,… write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,
Acts 24:3pantē tē kai pantachou apodechonō, kratistor Fēlikor, meta pantau eucharistiau.In every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with all …
Acts 26:25tos de Paulos; Ouk mainomō, fēatō, kratistor Fēstor, alla alētheiau kai sōfrosunau rēmeim …… Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of …
kratisto1×
Acts 23:26Klaudios Lusios to kratisto hēgemono Fēliko chairarō.Claudius Lysias, To His Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings.