5501 - cheirón

Strong's Concordance

Original word: χείρων
Transliteration: cheirón
Definition (short): worse
Definition (full): worse

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from a prim. root cher-, used as cptv. of kakos
Definition: worse
NASB Translation: severer (1), worse (10).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Irregular comparative of kakos; from an obsolete equivalent cheres (of uncertain derivation); more evil or aggravated (physically, mentally or morally) -- sorer, worse.

see GREEK kakos

KJV: No 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.
NASB: "But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.
KJV: Then 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.
NASB: "Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation."
KJV: Command 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.
NASB: "Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."
KJV: No 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.
NASB: "No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.
KJV: And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
NASB: and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse--