ΠΡΩΤΑ, πρωτα
PRŌTA, prōta
Sounds Like: PRO-tah
Translations: first, foremost, chief, principal, first things, firstly, at first, before
From the root: ΠΡΩΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word can function as an adjective or an adverb. As an adjective, it means 'first,' 'foremost,' 'chief,' or 'principal,' referring to something that is initial in time, order, or importance. In its neuter plural form, it can refer to 'the first things.' As an adverb, it means 'firstly,' 'at first,' or 'before,' indicating the initial action or position in a sequence.
Inflection: Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative (as an adjective); Does not inflect (as an adverb)
Strong’s number: G4413 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 6:13
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 26:244
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 3:183
- Book 9 — 1:4
- Book 13 — 15:391
- Book 14 — 15:426
- Book 16 — 3:75
- Book 18 — 6:166, 6:205
- Book 19 — 2:209, 7:323
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 22:5
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 8:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 8 — 6:6
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 1 — 4:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΩΤΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΟΠΡΩΤΟΣ — the first, a first
- ΠΡΟΤΑ — first, foremost, chief, principal, earliest, original
- ΠΡΟΤΗΣ — first, a first, foremost, chief, principal
- ΠΡΟΤΩΝ — of first, of the first, of former, of the former
- ΠΡΩΤΑΙ — first, foremost, earliest
- ΠΡΩΤΑΙΣ — first, foremost, earliest
- ΠΡΩΤΑΣ — first, a first, former, earliest, chief, principal
- ΠΡΩΤΕΥΟΥΣΑ — chief, principal, leading, foremost, a capital city, the capital city
- ΠΡΩΤΗ — first, a first, foremost, chief, principal, earliest
- ΠΡΩΤΗΝ — first, earliest, foremost, the first, the earliest, the foremost
- ΠΡΩΤΗΣ — of first, of the first, first
- ΠΡΩΤΟ — first, foremost, chief, principal, earliest, before, at the first, in the first place
- ΠΡΩΤΟΙ — first, foremost, chief, the first, the foremost, the chief, (to) the first, (to) the foremost, (to) the chief
- ΠΡΩΤΟΙΣ — first, foremost, chief, principal, a first, the first
- ΠΡΩΤΟΝ — first, foremost, chief, principal, a first thing, before, at the first, in the first place
- ΠΡΩΤΟΣ — first, a first, chief, principal, foremost, the first
- ΠΡΩΤΟΥ — of first, of the first, of the foremost
- ΠΡΩΤΟΥΣ — first, foremost, chief, first ones, foremost ones, chief ones
- ΠΡΩΤΩ — first, foremost, chief, principal, before, at the first, in the first
- ΠΡΩΤΩΝ — first, foremost, chief, principal, earliest, original, a first, the first
- ΠΡΩΤΩΣ — first, at first, for the first time, firstly, before all others
- ΠΡΩΤ‾Η‾ — first, the first
- ΤΟΝΠΡΩΤΟΝ — the first, a first
- ‾ΠΡΩ‾Ν — first, former, earliest, foremost, chief, principal
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