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Greek

4409. proteuo -- to have the first place
... to have the first place. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proteuo Phonetic
Spelling: (prote-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I have preeminence, am chief ...
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5383. philoproteuo -- to strive to be first
... to be first. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: philoproteuo Phonetic Spelling:
(fil-op-rote-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I desire preeminence Definition: I ...
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5247. huperoche -- a projection, eminence
... superiority, excellence Definition: superiority, excellence, preeminence, authority ...
mountain peak, hence, metaphorically, 'pre-eminence, superiority, excellency ...
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4053. perissos -- abundant
... Short Definition: abundant, greater, vehemently, advantage Definition: more, greater,
excessive, abundant, exceedingly, vehemently; noun: preeminence, advantage ...
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4284. proecho -- to hold before
... pro-ekh-om-ahee) Short Definition: I excel, surpass Definition: trans: I hold before;
mid: I excuse myself; intrans: I project, excel, surpass, have preeminence ...
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5236. huperbole -- a throwing beyond, excess, superiority
... Spelling: (hoop-er-bol-ay') Short Definition: surpassing excellence, exceedingly
Definition: excess, surpassing excellence, preeminence; adv: exceedingly. ...
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4410. protokathedria -- the chief seat
... chief seat. From protos and kathedra; a sitting first (in the front row), ie
Preeminence in council -- chief (highest, uppermost) seat. see GREEK protos. ...
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4411. protoklisia -- the chief place (at the table)
... From protos and klisia; a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the
dinner-bed, ie Preeminence at meals -- chief (highest, uppermost) room. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4195. mothar -- abundance, preeminence
... mothar. 4196 . abundance, preeminence. Transliteration: mothar Phonetic Spelling:
(mo-thar') Short Definition: advantage. ... plenteousness, preeminence, profit. ...
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3499a. yether -- remainder, excess, preeminence
... 3499, 3499a. yether. 3499b . remainder, excess, preeminence. Transliteration:
yether Short Definition: rest. Word Origin from yathar ...
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3499. yether -- remainder, excess, preeminence
... 3498, 3499. yether. 3499a . remainder, excess, preeminence. Transliteration:
yether Phonetic Spelling: (yeh'-ther) Short Definition: abundant. ...
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3504. yithron -- advantage, profit
... better, excellent, profitable. From yathar; preeminence, gain -- better,
excellency(-leth), profit(-able). see HEBREW yathar. 3503, 3504. yithron. 3505 . ...
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3498. yathar -- to remain over
... root Definition to remain over NASB Word Usage abound (1), had some left (1), had
left (1), have preeminence (1), leave (3), leave a remnant (1), leave of it ...
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Library

The Pre-Eminence of the Lord Jesus Christ.
... The Pre-Eminence of the Lord Jesus Christ. ... i:18). But who can tell out what
a pre-eminence, the pre-eminence of the Lord Jesus Christ is? ...
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Of those who Covet Pre-Eminence, and Seize on the Language of the ...
... Of those who covet pre-eminence, and seize on the language of the Apostle
to serve the purpose of their own cupidity. But for the ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter viii of those who.htm

It Is, Moreover, in a Very Unphilosophical Spirit that Celsus ...
... Chapter XL. It is, moreover, in a very unphilosophical spirit that Celsus
imagines our Lord's pre-eminence among� It is, moreover ...
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That the Mind of those who Wish for Pre-Eminence for the Most Part ...
... IX. That the mind of those who wish for pre-eminence for the most part
flatters itself with a feigned promise of good works. But ...
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Dignity and Service
... they were to be now taught was not so much the qualifications for pre-eminence in
the kingdom, whether here or hereafter, as the meaning of preeminence and the ...
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All Fulness in Christ
... Read the words immediately preceding the text, and you find it declared that
our Lord Jesus is in all things to have the pre-eminence. ...
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Since Then, in Reference to Our Hope of the Resurrection, Christ ...
... the head of every creature, as it is written, "Who is the head of all, the first
born from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence;" how is ...
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Whether Order is Properly Defined?
... But power properly denotes active potentiality, together with some kind of preeminence. ...
than another, it follows that this degree of pre-eminence by spiritual ...
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Whether in Christ There was the Gift of Fear?
... And hence it is plain that no one is feared except for some pre-eminence.
And in this way it is said that in Christ there was the ...
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The Trinitarian Controversy.
... He fully admits that the early fathers acknowledged a certain pre-eminence in the
First Person, but only such a pre-eminence as the term Father suggests, a pre ...
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Thesaurus

Preeminence (5 Occurrences)
... in prominence or in excellence; distinction above others in quality or rank; rarely,
in a bad sense, superiority or notoriety in evil; as, preeminence in honor ...
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Pre-eminence (6 Occurrences)
Pre-eminence. Preeminence, Pre-eminence. Preeminent . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(See JPS DBY WBS). Preeminence, Pre-eminence. Preeminent . Reference Bible
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Excellency (53 Occurrences)
... greatness"); huperoche, "a holding over" or "beyond," is translated "excellency"
(1 Corinthians 2:1), and to huperechon, "the pre-eminence" (Philippians 3:8 ...
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First-born (110 Occurrences)
... Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning,
the first-born from the dead; that in all things he may have the pre-eminence...
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Bread (433 Occurrences)
... BREAD. bred (lechem; artos): I. DIETARY PREEMINENCE II. MATERIALS 1. Barley
2. Wheat 3. Three Kinds of Flour III. ... I. Dietary Preeminence. ...
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First-fruits (45 Occurrences)
... Genesis 49:3 Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength;
The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power. (See JPS). ...
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Glory (590 Occurrences)
... seems to be "weight," "heaviness," and hence in its primary uses it conveys the
idea of some external, physical manifestation of dignity, preeminence or majesty ...
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Yahweh (6653 Occurrences)
... The center of the world had changed-for Assyria had gone to its long home, and
the city claiming preeminence was not Nineveh but Babylon. ...
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Zidon (25 Occurrences)
... From the time of David its glory began to wane, and Tyre, its "virgin daughter"
(Isaiah 23:12), rose to its place of pre-eminence. ...
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Nicopolis (1 Occurrence)
... of his preaching at Patras, Zacynthus, Cephallenia, Corcyra (the modern Corfu),
which, as a way-station to and from Sicily, always held preeminence among the ...
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Bible Concordance

Pre-eminence (6 Occurrences)

Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; that in all things he may have the pre-eminence.
(WBS)

3 John 1:9 I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the pre-eminence among them, receiveth us not.
(WBS)

Genesis 49:3 Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
(ASV)

Genesis 49:4 Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
(ASV DBY RSV)

1 Samuel 15:29 and also, the Pre-eminence of Israel doth not lie nor repent, for He 'is' not a man to be penitent.'
(YLT)

Ecclesiastes 3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.
(See JPS DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Pre-eminence

Related Terms

Pre-eminence (6 Occurrences)

Excellency (53 Occurrences)

First-born (110 Occurrences)

Bread (433 Occurrences)

First-fruits (45 Occurrences)

Glory (590 Occurrences)

Yahweh (6653 Occurrences)

Zidon (25 Occurrences)

Nicopolis (1 Occurrence)