Preeminence
Preeminence
pre-emi-nens: Superiority, especially in noble or excellent qualities. The word stands for: (1) , mothar, what is over and above, excellence; Man hath no preeminence above the beasts (Ecc 3:19); (2) , proteuo, to be first; That in all things he (= Christ) might have the preeminence (Col 1:18); (3) , ho philoproteuon, is translated who loveth to have the preeminence, literally who loveth to be first (of Diotrephes, 3Jo 1:9).