'Prefer' in the Bible

So Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard so I can have it for a vegetable garden, since it is right next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”

so that I prefer strangling—death rather than life in this body.

Yet I prefer to speak to the Almightyand argue my case before God.