ἐξοχή, 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, Act_25:23.

ἐξοχή exochē 1x pr. prominence, anything prominent; in NT eminence, distinction, Act_25:23

ἐξοχή , -ῆς , ἡ , ( < ἐξέχω , to stand out), [in LXX for H8127 , Job_39:28 * ;] 1. a projection (ἐ . πέτρας , Job_39:28 ). 2. Metaph ., eminence, excellence: οἱ κατ᾿ ἐ ., the chief men , Act_25:23 .†

ἐξοχή [page 225] For the metaph. phrase κατ ἐξοχήν ( Act_25:23 ) see Syll 373 .16 (i/A.D.) ἐπιτελέσαι τῷ κατ᾽ ἐξοχὴν παῤ ἡμεῖν τειμωμένῳ θεῷ Διὶ Καπετωλίῳ , OGIS 764 .52 (ii/B.C.) ἔπαθλα κατ᾽ ἐξοχὴν καλά : cf. Vett. Val. p. 17 .23 καθόλου ἐξοχὰς ἐχόντων περὶ ἐπιστήμην , and the use of the word in our slang sense of a lead in Cic. Att. iv. 15. 6. A corresponding use of the adj. is found in Vett. Val. p. 16 .1 ἐν παντὶ δὲ τὸ ἔξοχον μάλιστα προδώσουσιν ἐν τῷ παιδευτικῷ : cf. OGIS 640 .16 (iii/A.D.) τοῦ ἐξοχωτάτου ἐπάρχου and P Oxy XII. 1469 .1 (A.D. 298) Αἰμιλίῳ . . . διαδεχο (μένῳ ) τὰ μέρη τῶν ἐξοχωτάτων ἐπάρχων , where the editors note that ἐξοχώτατος ( eminentissimus ) occurs frequently in inscrr. with reference to prefects of the Praetorian Guard or of Syria, but is very rare in Egypt. See also the fragmentary dinner-menu P Giss I. 93 .3 καυλίων ἔξο̣χ̣α̣ ε̣[. . ..] λοπὰς ἰχθύος μ [. . .. For the verb in the mid. = cling to, like προσέχομαι , cf. P Oxy VII. 1027 .6 (i/A.D.) ἐξ οὗ καὶ ἐξεχομένου μου τῆς τῶ [ν ] ἠνεχυρασμένων προσβολῆς , when I therefore pursued my right of entry upon the transferred property (Edd.). In MGr ἐξοχή has developed a new meaning country.

ἐξοχή ἐξοχή, ἡ, [Etym: ἐξέχω] "prominence": οἱ κατ᾽ ἐξοχήν "the chiefmen", NTest.

ἐξοχή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἐξέχω, to stand out), [in LXX for שֵׁן, Job.39:28 * ;] __1. a projection (ἐ. πέτρας, Job.39:28). __2. Metaphorical, eminence, excellence: οἱ κατ᾽ ἐ., the chief men, Act.25:23.† (AS)