Preeminence (to have the)

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1proteuoG4409

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

2philoproteuoG5383

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