Excellency
Bible Usage:
- excellency used 26 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 49:3
- Last Reference: Philippians 3:8
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1346 Used 3 times
- H1347 Used 10 times
- H1363 Used 1 time
- H1926 Used 2 times
- H3499 Used 3 times
- H3504 Used 1 time
- H4480 Used 1 time
- H7613 Used 1 time
- H7863 Used 1 time
- G5236 Used 1 time
- G5242 Used 1 time
- G5247 Used 1 time
EX'CELLENCE
EXCELLENCY, noun [Latin excellentia.] The state of possessing food qualities in an unusual or eminent degree; the state of excelling in any thing.
1. An valuabale quality; any thing highly laudable, meritorious or virtuous, in persons, or valuable and esteemed, in things. Purity of heart, uprightness of mind, sincerity, virtue, piety, are excellencies of character; symmetry of parts, strength and beauty are excellencies of body; an accurate knowledge of an art is an excellence in the artisan; soundness and durability are excellencies in timber; fertility, in land; elegance, in writing. In short, whatever contributes to exalt man, or to render him esteemed and happy, or to bless society, is in him an excellence
2. Dignity; high rank in the scale of beings. Angels are beings of more excellence than men; men are beings of more excellence than brutes.
3. A title of honor formerly given to kings and emperors, now given to embassadors, governors, and other persons, below the rank of kings, but elevated above the common classes of men.
Bible Usage:
- excellency used 26 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 49:3
- Last Reference: Philippians 3:8
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1346 Used 3 times
- H1347 Used 10 times
- H1363 Used 1 time
- H1926 Used 2 times
- H3499 Used 3 times
- H3504 Used 1 time
- H4480 Used 1 time
- H7613 Used 1 time
- H7863 Used 1 time
- G5236 Used 1 time
- G5242 Used 1 time
- G5247 Used 1 time