Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1851: ἐξοχήἐξοχή, 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. |