Both Uses of
preeminent
in
New Testament
- 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.†
Book 12. *preeminence = the quality of surpassing others in status, ability, or possession of a notable characteristic
- 1:9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.†
Book 25.
Definition:
outstanding or surpassing others in status, ability, or possession of a notable characteristic