Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) High in esteem; 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. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia EMINENT em'-i-nent: In the King James Version (only in Ezekiel 16:24, 31, 39; Ezekiel 17:22) refers literally to physical elevation; the Revised Version (British and American) in the last passage renders "lofty" (Hebrew talul, "uplifted," "heaped up") and in the others "vaulted place" (Hebrew gabh, "rounded place," "mound" the English Revised Version, margin "a vaulted chamber").

Multi-Version Concordance Eminent (9 Occurrences) Luke 14:8 "When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him, (See RSV) Romans 16:13 Greet Rufus, the chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. (See RSV) 2 Corinthians 11:5 For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles. (See NAS) 2 Corinthians 12:11 I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing. (See NAS) Ezekiel 7:11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; nought cometh from them, nor from their tumult, nor from their turmoil, neither is there eminency among them. (See NAS) Ezekiel 16:24 That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. (KJV JPS WBS) Ezekiel 16:31 In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; (KJV JPS WBS) Ezekiel 16:39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. (KJV JPS WBS) Ezekiel 17:22 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: (KJV JPS DBY WBS)