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, signifying “beyond measure, exceedingly,” Rom. 7:13, “exceeding sinful”;
in 2 Cor. 1:8,
RV
, “exceedingly,” for
KJV
, “out of measure”; in Gal. 1:13, “beyond
measure”; in 1 Cor. 12:31, “more excellent.” In 2 Cor. 4:17, there is an expanded phrase
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, lit., “according to a surpassing unto a surpassing,”
RV
,
“more and more exceedingly,” which corrects the
KJV
, “a far more exceeding”; the phrase
refers to “worketh,” showing the surpassing degree of its operation, and not to the noun
“weight” (nor does it qualify, “eternal”). In 2 Cor. 12:7, the
RV
has “exceeding
greatness,” the
KJV
, “abundance.” See
ABUNDANCE
.¶
2.
$
(
% $ )
, 5247), akin to A, No. 3, strictly speaking, “the act of
overhanging” (
$
, and
, “to hold”) or “the thing which overhangs,” hence,
“superiority, preeminence,” is translated “excellency (of speech)” in 1 Cor. 2:1;
elsewhere, in 1 Tim. 2:2,
RV
, “high place,” for
KJV
, “authority.” See
AUTHORITY
,
PLACE
.¶
Note:
In 1 Pet. 2:9
RV
renders
(virtue) “excellencies.”
C. Adjectives.
1.
(
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, 3169) signifies “magnificent, majestic, that which is
becoming to a great man” (from
, “great,” and
, “to be fitting or becoming”),
in 2 Pet. 1:17, “excellent.”¶
2.
(
1 $
, 1313*), comparative degree of
, “excellent,”
akin to A, No. 4, is used twice, in Heb. 1:4, “more excellent (name),” and 8:6, “more
excellent (ministry).Ӧ For the positive degree see Rom. 12:6; Heb. 9:10. See under
DIFFER
.¶
3.
(
&
, 4119), “more, greater,” the comparative degree of
$
, “much,”
is translated “more excellent” in Heb. 11:4, of Abel’s sacrifice;
is used sometimes
of that which is superior by reason of inward worth, cf. 3:3, “more (honor)”; in Matt.
6:25, of the life in comparison with meat.
4.
(
$1
, 2903), “mightiest, noblest, best,” the superlative degree of
$
, “strong” (cf.
, “strength”), is used as a title of honor and respect, “most
excellent,” Luke 1:3 (Theophilus was quite possibly a man of high rank); Acts 23:26;
24:3 and 26:25,
RV
, for
KJV
, “most noble.”¶
Note:
The phrase
$
(for which see B, No. 1) is translated “more
excellent” in 1 Cor. 12:31.
EXCEPT, EXCEPTED
Note:
For the negative conjunctions
and
, see
†
p. 1.
1.
(
#
, 1622), an adverb, lit., “outside,” is used with
, as an extended
conjunction signifying “except”; so in 1 Cor. 14:5; in 15:2,
RV
, for
KJV
, “unless”; in 1
Tim. 5:19,
RV
, for
KJV
, “but.” It has the force of a preposition in the sense of (a) “outside
* Intensives, diminuitives, comparatives, or similar forms of other words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with a single asterisk (for instance,
, from
is
1652*).