'You will be fuel for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.'"
Original word: προέχομαι
Transliteration: proechó
Definition (short): better
Definition (full): to hold before
Definition: to hold before
NASB Translation: better (1).
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Middle voice from
pro and
echo; to hold oneself before others, i.e. (figuratively) to excel -- be better.
see GREEK pro
see GREEK echo
KJV:
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
NASB:
What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;