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Preeminence

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: πρωτεύω

(Strong's #4409 — Verb — proteuo — prote-yoo'-o )

"to be first" (protos), "to be preeminent," is used of Christ in relation to the Church, Colossians 1:18 .

2: φιλοπρωτεύω

(Strong's #5383 — Verb — philoproteuo — fil-op-rot-yoo'-o )

lit., "to love to be preeminent" (philos, "loving"), "to strive to be first," is said of Diotrephes, 3 John 1:9 .

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Preeminence'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​p/preeminence.html. 1940.
 
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