Strong G1851ἐξοχή
prominent
- Transliteration
- exochē
- Pronunciation
- ex-okh-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐξοχή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ἐξέχω, to stand out), [in LXX for שֵׁן, Job.39:28 *;]
1. a projection (ἐ. πέτρας, Job.39:28).
2. Metaphorical, eminence, excellence: οἱ κατ᾽ ἐ., the chief men, Act.25:23.†
(AS)
(ἐξέχω, to stand out), [in LXX for שֵׁן, Job.39:28 *;]
1. a projection (ἐ. πέτρας, Job.39:28).
2. Metaphorical, eminence, excellence: οἱ κατ᾽ ἐ., the chief men, Act.25:23.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1851 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- principal1
First verses
- Acts 25:23And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul was brought forth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐξοχ-ή, ἡ,
(ἐξέχω) prominence, ἐ. κεράτων elevated nature, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 663a8; πέτρας LXX.Job.39.28)]; ζῴων ἐξοχαί embossed figures on shields, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.30; εἰσοχαὶ καὶ ἐ. 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.120, compare 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 409.13)]; wart, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.104; ἐ. ἀκανθώδεις [prev. author] 3.16; also, ={ἐξοχάδες}, [prev. work]80;)] extremities of animals, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.10.3.)]
II metaphorically, pre-eminence, ἐ. in nullo est, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 4.15.7; ἀπεργάσασθαι τὴν ἐ. 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 10.3)]; δι᾽ ἐξοχὴν μορφῆς Hierocl.p.55 [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus; κατ᾽ ἐξοχήν)]par excellence, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.10, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.65, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 26.15, “OGI” 764.52 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]; οἱ κατ᾽ ἐξοχὴν τῆς πόλεως leading men, [NT (NT.Act.25.23.)]
(ἐξέχω) prominence, ἐ. κεράτων elevated nature, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 663a8; πέτρας LXX.Job.39.28)]; ζῴων ἐξοχαί embossed figures on shields, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.30; εἰσοχαὶ καὶ ἐ. 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.120, compare 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 409.13)]; wart, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.104; ἐ. ἀκανθώδεις [prev. author] 3.16; also, ={ἐξοχάδες}, [prev. work]80;)] extremities of animals, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 3.10.3.)]
II metaphorically, pre-eminence, ἐ. in nullo est, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 4.15.7; ἀπεργάσασθαι τὴν ἐ. 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 10.3)]; δι᾽ ἐξοχὴν μορφῆς Hierocl.p.55 [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus; κατ᾽ ἐξοχήν)]par excellence, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.10, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.65, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 26.15, “OGI” 764.52 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]; οἱ κατ᾽ ἐξοχὴν τῆς πόλεως leading men, [NT (NT.Act.25.23.)]