χείρων

χείρων — cheírōn

χειρῶν, χεῖρον (comparitive of κακός; derived from the obsolete χερης, which has been preserved in the dative χερηι, accusative χερηα, plural χερεης, χερηα; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., p. 268 (cf. Ebeling, Lex. Homer under the word χερης) (from Homer down), worse: Mat 9:16; Mat 27:64; Mar 2:21; γίνεται τά ἔσχατα χείρονα τῶν πρώτων, Mat 12:45; Luk 11:26; 2Pe 2:20; εἰς τό χεῖρον ἔρχεσθαι (to grow worse), of one whose illness increases, Mar 5:26; ἵνα μή χεῖρον σοι τί γένηται, lest some worse thing befall thee, Joh 5:14; πόσῳ χειρῶν τιμωρία (A. V. how much sorer punishment), Heb 10:29; ἐπί τό χεῖρον προκόπτειν ((A. V. wax worse and worse); see προκόπτω, 2), 2Ti 3:13; of the moral character, σπιστου χειρῶν, 1Ti 5:8.