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1 Chronicles 11:21

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Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:41Rank 1 from verse 21
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    41There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

  2. Matthew 13:8Rank 2 from verse 21
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    8But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

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1 Chronicles 11:21

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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captain

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1. A commander, chief, or officer set over an army, guard, band, company, people, or body. 2. A leader who goes before or conducts others in a work, course, or deliverance.

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howbeit

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Nevertheless; yet; however; introducing a contrast, exception, or qualification.

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attained

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Past-tense or past-participial form of attain (to reach, arrive at, or obtain by movement, effort, or progress).

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20¶ And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

21Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.

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22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.

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