Definition

to hold oneself before others, i.e. (figuratively) to excel

Etymology

middle voice from G4253 (πρό) and G2192 (ἔχω);

Word family

• πρό pró
• ἔχω échō

How the KJV renders it

• be better

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.