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Excellency
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ek´se -len -si ( גּאון , gā'ōn , גּאוה , ga'ăwāh ; ὑπερβολή , huperbolḗ ): "Excellency" in the Old Testament is chiefly the translation of gā'ōn , "mounting," "swelling" (Exodus 15:7; Job 37:4 the King James Version; Psalm 47:4 the King James Version; Isaiah 13:19 the King James Version, etc.); ga'ăwāh , rising, is thrice so rendered (Deuteronomy 33:26 , Deuteronomy 33:29; Psalm 68:34 ); se'ēth , "rising" (twice) (Job 13:11 the King James Version; Psalm 62:4 the King James Version); yether , "superabundance" (twice) (Genesis 49:3 the King James Version; Job 4:21 the King James Version), and ḥādhār , "honor," "beauty," "majesty" (twice) (Isaiah 35:2 ); gōbhah , "uplifted" (Job 40:10 ); yı̄thrōn , "advantage" (Ecclesiastes 7:12 ); sı̄' , "elevation" (Job 20:6 , the Revised Version (British and American) "height"). In the New Testament huperbolē , "surpassing," "a casting beyond," occurs (2 Corinthians 4:7 , "that the excellency of the power may be of God," the Revised Version (British and American) "exceeding greatness"); huperochḗ , "a holding over" or "beyond," is translated "excellency" (1 Corinthians 2:1 ), and tó huperéchon , "the pre-eminence" (Philippians 3:8 ), "the excellency of the knowledge of Christ."
Instead of "excellency" the Revised Version (British and American) has "pride" (Isaiah 13:19; Ezekiel 24:21 ), "majesty" (Job 37:4 and the American Standard Revised Version Job 13:11; Job 31:23 ), the American Standard Revised Version has "pre-eminence" (Genesis 49:3 , Genesis 49:4 ), "glory" (Psalm 47:4 ), "dignity" (Psalm 62:4 ); for "the fat of lambs" (Psalm 37:20 ), the English Revised Version has "the excellency of the pastures," with margin, "the fat of lambs"; the American Standard Revised Version retains the King James Version rendering with the English Revised Version in the margin; instead of "Doth not their excellency which is in them go away?" (Job 4:21 ), the Revised Version (British and American) has "Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them?" margin, "Is not their excellency which is in them removed?"
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Excellency'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/e/excellency.html. 1915.
