Topic
Excellent
21 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Psalms 8:1ISBE
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
- Psalms 8:9ISBE
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
- Psalms 16:3ISBE
But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
- Psalms 76:4ISBE
Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
- Song of Songs 5:15ISBE
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
- Isaiah 4:2ISBE
In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
- Isaiah 28:29ISBE
This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
- Daniel 2:31ISBE
¶ Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
- Daniel 4:36ISBE
At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.
- Daniel 5:12ISBE
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew…
- Daniel 5:14ISBE
I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
- Daniel 6:3ISBE
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
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- Luke 1:3 ISBE
- Acts 23:26 ISBE
- Romans 2:18 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 12:31 ISBE
- Philippians 1:10 ISBE
- Hebrews 1:4 ISBE
- Hebrews 8:6 ISBE
- Hebrews 11:4 ISBE
- 2 Peter 1:17 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 21 references
ek'-se-lent 'addir, yattir (Aramaic); diaphoroteros, kratistos:
The translation of various Hebrew words, chiefly of 'addir, "great," "honorable" (Ps 8:1,9; 16:3; 76:4); yattir, "surpassing," is Aramaic, occurring in Da 2:31; 4:36; 5:12,14; 6:3. Other words are bachar, "to glow," "try," "choose" (So 5:15); ga'on, "mounting," "swelling" (Isa 4:2; see EXCELLENCY); gadhal, "to make or become great" (Isa 28:29), and other words occurring singly.
In the New Testament we have diaphoroteros, "greater," "better" (Heb 1:4; 8:6); kratistos, "most excellent," "most noble" (Lu 1:3; Ac 23:26); ta diapheronta, "things that differ," "are preeminent" (Ro 2:18; Php 1:10); megaloprepes, "becoming to the great" (2Pe 1:17, the King James Version "a voice to him from the excellent glory," the American Standard Revised Version and the English Revised Version, margin "the Majestic Glory"); kath' huperbolen "very surpassing" (1Co 12:31, "Yet I show unto you a more excellent way," the Revised Version (British and American) "most excellent"); pleion, "greater," "fuller" (Heb 11:4; see ABEL).
W. L. Walker
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.