Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc.
2. (v. t.) To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass.
3. (v. t.) To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general.
4. (v. t.) To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PREFERpre-fur': Does not always have the general meaning "to choose before another." In Psalm 137:6, it does have this sense and the two versions agree; in Esther 2:9, the Revised Version (British and American) has "removed" where the King James Version has "preferred"; in Daniel 6:3, "distinguished" takes its place; in John 1:15, 30, "become" is substituted for "preferred"; in 1:27, "preferred" drops out entirely; in Romans 12:10, the versions agree.
Greek
138. haireo -- to take, choose ... to take, choose. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: haireo Phonetic Spelling:
(hahee-reh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I choose,
prefer Definition: I choose
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/138.htm - 7k4285. proegeomai -- to go before (as a leader)
... proegeomai Phonetic Spelling: (pro-ay-geh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I lead onward
by example Definition: I lead onward by example, go before, prefer. ... prefer. ...
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2106. eudokeo -- to think well of, ie to be well-pleased
... Word Usage am well content (1), am well-pleased (5), been pleased (1), chosen gladly
(1), good pleasure (1), has...pleasure (1), pleased (2), prefer (1), taken ...
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2309. thelo -- to will, wish
... option from subjective impulse; whereas boulomai properly denotes rather a passive
acquiescence in objective considerations), ie Choose or prefer (literally or ...
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1101. glossokomon -- a case, a box
... glossokomon Phonetic Spelling: (gloce-sok'-om-on) Short Definition: bag, purse,
box, chest Definition: (a vernacular word), bag, purse; some prefer to take as ...
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1807. exaireo -- to take out, to deliver
... 1807 (from 1537 , "completely out ," intensifying 138 , "personally choose, prefer") --
properly, remove ("totally from"), ie bring into a " (full removal).". ...
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2919. krino -- to judge, decide
... We only (2919 ) accurately by based on God's word, ie to approve (prefer)
what is correct and reject what is inferior (wrong). [2919 ...
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4299. prokrima -- a prejudice
... prejudice, bias. From a compound of pro and krino; a prejudgment (prejudice), ie
Prepossession -- prefer one before another. see GREEK pro. see GREEK krino. ...
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4255. proaireo -- to bring forth or forward
... purpose. From pro and haireomai; to choose for oneself before another thing (prefer),
ie (by implication) to propose (intend) -- purpose. see GREEK pro. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
5869. ayin -- an eye... looked* (3), looks* (1), maliciously* (1), notice (1), outward appearance (1), own
eyes (1), please* (3), pleased* (14), pleases* (1),
prefer* (2), presence (8
... /hebrew/5869.htm - 7k 8138. shanah -- to repeat, do again
... transmute (transitive or intransitive) -- do (speak, strike) again, alter, double,
(be given to) change, disguise, (be) diverse, pervert, prefer, repeat, return ...
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7489a. raa -- to be evil, bad
... 7), evildoer (2), evildoers (16), evildoing (1), grieved (1), hard (1), harm (1),
harming (1), hostile (3), hurt (3), practiced evil (1), prefer* (2), sad (2 ...
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5927. alah -- to go up, ascend, climb
... to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light,
(make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on ...
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Library
I Prefer, He Says, to Receive Christ's Baptism Where Both Parties ...
... Book I. Chapter 5. " 6. I prefer, he says, to receive Christ's baptism
where both parties agree that? "6. I prefer, he says ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter 5 6 i.htm
Geminius of Furni Said: "Certain of Our Colleagues May Prefer ...
... Book VII. Chapter 23. " 44. Geminius of Furni said: "Certain of our
colleagues may prefer heretics to themselves? "44. Geminius ...
/.../chapter 23 44 geminius.htm
(Of those who Ought not to be Admitted to Prefer an Accusation, or ...
... V. (Of those who ought not to be admitted to prefer an accusation, or to bear witness;
and that evidence is not to be given but on things happening in the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the decretals/v of those who ought.htm
All I desire is God's Holy Will, and if in Heaven I could no ...
... LETTERS TO HER BROTHER MISSIONARIES IV All I desire is God's Holy Will, and if in
Heaven I could no longer work for His glory, I should prefer exile to Home. . ...
//christianbookshelf.org/therese/story of a soul/iv all i desire is.htm
Being Led, However, from this to Prefer the Catholic Doctrine...
... Book VI Chapter V Being led, however, from this to prefer the Catholic doctrine?
Being led, however, from this to prefer the Catholic ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter v being led however.htm
Petilianus Said: "You, Therefore, who Prefer Rather to be Washed ...
... Book II. Chapter 102. " 231. Petilianus said: "You, therefore, who prefer
rather to be washed with the most? "231. Petilianus ...
/.../chapter 102 231 petilianus.htm
But on the Question Whether we Ought to Prefer a Catholic of The.. ...
... Book IV. Chapter 20. " 28. But on the question whether we ought to prefer
a Catholic of the? "28. But on the question whether ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter 20 28 but.htm
Petilianus Said: "Choose, in Short, which of the Two Alternatives ...
... Petilianus said: "Choose, in short, which of the two alternatives you prefer.? ...
Petilianus said: "Choose, in short, which of the two alternatives you prefer. ...
/.../chapter 97 220 petilianus.htm
That, Being Redeemed and Quickened by the Blood of Christ, we ...
... 6. That, being redeemed and quickened by the blood of Christ, we ought
to prefer nothing to Christ. In the Gospel the Lord speaks ...
/.../cyprian/the treatises of cyprian/6 that being redeemed and.htm
Trypho Compares Jesus with Perseus; and Would Prefer [To Say] that ...
... Chapter LXVII."Trypho compares Jesus with Perseus; and would prefer [to say] that
He was elected [to be Christ] on account of observance of the law. ...
/.../chapter lxvii trypho compares jesus with.htm
Thesaurus
Prefer (10 Occurrences)... 3. (vt) To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office
or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to
prefer an officer to the
.../p/prefer.htm - 10kSure (142 Occurrences)
... use, however, is common (chiefly for 'aman, "to confirm," and its derivatives) in
English Versions of the Bible, where modern English would prefer "secure" or ...
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Surely (587 Occurrences)
... use, however, is common (chiefly for 'aman, "to confirm," and its derivatives) in
English Versions of the Bible, where modern English would prefer "secure" or ...
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Prefects (18 Occurrences)
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Nest (22 Occurrences)
... Eagles use a large heap of coarse sticks and twigs on the cleft of a mountain (Job
39:27 Jeremiah 49:16 Obadiah 1:4); hawks prefer trees; vultures, hollow ...
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Og (22 Occurrences)
... Some, however, prefer to suppose that what is intended is "a sarcophagus of black
basalt," which iron-like substance abounds in the Hauran. ...
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Rent (76 Occurrences)
... and Vulgate and Revised Version, or as some prefer interpreting the phrase, "girdle
and robe are torn [ie, are `a rent'] by the hand of violence.". ...
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Elhanan (4 Occurrences)
... Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff
of whose spear was like a weaver's beam." Most modern critics prefer as the ...
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Person (807 Occurrences)
... of this article to make as clear as possible the conception of the Person of Christ,
in the technical sense of that term, which lies on-or, if we prefer to say ...
/p/person.htm - 49k
Promote (21 Occurrences)
... venture. 2. (vt) To exalt in station, rank, or honor; to elevate; to raise;
to prefer; to advance; as, to promote an officer. 3. (vi ...
/p/promote.htm - 12k
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