Adjective entimos (highly valued) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)

Luke

7: 2A centurion there had a slave whom he highly valued (entimos), and who was ill and close to death.
14: 8"When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more highly valued (entimoteros) than you has been invited by your host;