Eminent
King James Dictionary [1]
EM'INENT, a. L. eminens, from emineo.
1. High lofty as an eminent place. Ezekiel 16 2. Exalted in rank high in office dignified distinguished. Princes hold eminent stations in society, as do ministers, judges and legislators. 3. High in public estimation conspicuous distinguished above others remarkable as an eminent historian or poet an eminent scholar. Burke was an eminent orator Watts and Cowper were eminent for their piety.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( a.) High; lofty; towering; prominent.
(2): ( a.) Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
em´i - nent : In the King James Version (only in Ezekiel 16:24 , Ezekiel 16:31 , Ezekiel 16:39; Ezekiel 17:22 ) refers literally to physical elevation; the Revised Version (British and American) in the last passage renders "lofty" (Hebrew tālūl , "uplifted," "heaped up") and in the others "vaulted place" (Hebrew gabh , "rounded place," "mound" the English Revised Version, margin "a vaulted chamber").
