Worse than
χείρωνStrong’s G5501cheirōn
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Cheirōn is the Greek word usually translated “worse”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “worse”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- worse 10
- a worse 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
- Mark 2
- Luke 1
- John 1
- 1 Timothy 1
- 2 Timothy 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 2:20In contextFor 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 overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
- Matthew 9:16No 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 12:45Then 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 than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
- Matthew 27:64Command 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 risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
- Mark 2:21No 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 5:26And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
Greek dictionary
χείρων cheirōn · worse than
χείρων, -ον, compar. of κακός [in LXX: 1Ki.17:43 B, Wis.15:18 17:6, 3Ma.5:20 * ;] worse: Mat.9:16 12:45 27:64, Mrk.2:21, Luk.11:26, Jhn.5:14, 1Ti.5:8, Heb.10:29, 2Pe.2:20; εἰς (ἐπὶ) τὸ χεῖρον, Mrk.5:26, 2Ti.3:13.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “worse” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WORSE, adjective
[This adjective has the signification of the comparative degree, and as bad has no comparative and superlative, worse and worst are used in lieu of them, although radically they have no relation to bad.]
- More evil; more bad or ill; more depraved and corrupt; in a moral sense.“Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse” 2 Timothy 3:13
- In a physical sense, in regard to health, more sick.“She was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse” Mark 5:26
- More bad; less perfect or good.
- The loss; the disadvantage.“Judah was put to the worse before Israel” 2 Kings 14:12
All definitions and other forms of “worse”
- Something less good.
WORSE, adverb
In a manner more evil or bad.
- “We will deal worse with thee than with them” Genesis 19:9
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.