King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER G1851
Transliteration: exochē
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-okh-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a projection, eminence
Meaning: a projection, eminence
ἐξοχή, ἐξοχης, ἡ (from ἐξέχω to stand out, be prominent; cf. ὑπεροχή);
Word Summary
exochē: a projection, eminence
Original Word: ἐξοχήTransliteration: exochē
Phonetic Spelling: (ex-okh-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a projection, eminence
Meaning: a projection, eminence
Strong's Concordance
principal. From a compound of ek and echo (meaning to stand out); prominence (figuratively) -- principal.
see GREEK ek
see GREEK echo
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.