Prefer

PREFER [isbe]

PREFER - pre-fur': Does not always have the general meaning "to choose before another." In Ps 137:6, it does have this sense and the two versions agree; in Est 2:9, the Revised Version (British and American) has "removed" where the King James Version has "preferred"; in Dan 6:3, "distinguished" takes its place; in Jn 1:15,30, "become" is substituted for "preferred"; in 1:27, "preferred" drops out entirely; in Rom 12:10, the versions agree.

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