'Exceptional' in the Bible

The sum total of the descendants of Perez who were settling in Jerusalem was 468 exceptional men.

and his colleagues who were exceptional men -- 128. The officer over them was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim.

Then Daniel {began distinguishing himself} above the administrators and the satraps {because} an exceptional spirit [was] in him, and [so] the king planned to appoint him over the whole kingdom.