πρωτεύωprōteúō
GreekG44091 occurrences (KJV)
to be first (in rank or influence)
KJV renders it: have the preeminence
Where it appears
- Col 1:18He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.