KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree. Sense 2: To improve or make better.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 29:19
Complete exact-word concordance
Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
Therefore now, O LORD, Take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die then to liue.
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
And it came to passe when the Sunne did arise, that God prepared a vehement East wind; and the Sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that hee fainted, and wished in himselfe to die, and said, It is better for me to die, then to liue.
1611 marginal noteOr, silent.
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Historical English dictionary sources
With more affection; in a higher degree. More correctly, or fully. With superior excellence.
