Original Word: ἐξοχή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: exoché
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-okh-ay')
Short Definition: eminence, distinction
Definition: eminence, distinction, excellence.STRONGS NT 1851: ἐξοχή

ἐξοχή, ἐξοχης, ἡ (from ἐξέχω to stand out, be prominent; cf. ὑπεροχή);

1. properly, in Greek writings any prominence or projection, as the peak or summit of a mountain (ἐπ' ἐξοχή πέτρας, Job 39:28 the Sept.); in medical writings a protuberance, swelling, wart, etc.

2. metaphorically, eminence, excellence, superiority (Cicero, ad Att. 4, 15, 7 ἐξοχή in nullo est, pecunia omnium dignitatem exaequat); ἄνδρες οἱ κατ' ἐξοχήν ὄντες τῆς πόλεως, the prominent men of the city, Acts 25:23.

principal.

From a compound of ek and echo (meaning to stand out); prominence (figuratively) -- principal.

see GREEK ek

see GREEK echo

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