7 occurrences in 13 translations

'Better' in the Bible

Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

Then the king said to Hazael, Take an offering with you, and go to see the man of God and get directions from the Lord by him, saying, Am I going to get better from my disease?

So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort of good thing from Damascus; and when he came before him, he said, Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Will I get better from this disease?

And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You will certainly get better; but the Lord has made it clear to me that only death is before him.

So he left Elisha and returned to his master, who asked him, "What did Elisha tell you?" He replied, "He told me that you would certainly get better."

Then Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. So they took it and put it on his wound, and he got better.

He spoke {kindly} to him, and he gave him a better seat than the seat of the kings who [were] with him in Babylon.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
טוב 
Towb 
Usage: 31

טוב 
Towb 
Usage: 553

יותר 
Yowther 
Usage: 8

יטב 
Yatab 
Usage: 115

יתרון 
Yithrown 
Usage: 10

διαφέρω 
Diaphero 
be better , be of more value , differ from , should carry , publish , drive up and down ,
Usage: 8

καλός 
Kalos 
Usage: 62

κρεῖσσον 
Kreisson 
Usage: 1

κρείττων 
Kreitton 
Usage: 19

λυσιτελεῖ 
Lusitelei 
it is better
Usage: 0

μᾶλλον 
Mallon 
more , rather , the more , better ,
Usage: 66

προέχομαι 
Proechomai 
be better
Usage: 1

συμφέρω 
Sumphero 
Usage: 13

ὑπερέχω 
Huperecho 
Usage: 5

χρηστός 
Chrestos 
Usage: 4

ὠφελέω 
Opheleo 
Usage: 8

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