ΠΡΩΤΕΥΟΥΣΑΣ, πρωτευουσας
PRŌTEUOUSAS, prōteuousas
Sounds Like: proh-TEH-oo-sas
Translations: of the first, of the chief, of the principal, of the leading, of the preeminent
From the root: ΠΡΩΤΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'prōteuō', meaning 'to be first' or 'to be chief'. It describes something or someone that is first in rank, importance, or position. As a genitive feminine singular participle, it indicates possession or origin, often translated as 'of the one being first' or 'of the chief (city/person)'. It can also function adjectivally to modify a feminine noun in the genitive case.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G4409 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 15:397
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΩΤΕΥΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΡΩΤΕΥΣΕΝ — he was first, he became first, he held the first place, he took the lead
- ΠΡΩΤΕΥΕΙ — to be first, to hold the first place, to have preeminence, to excel, to be chief
- ΠΡΩΤΕΥΕΙΝ — to be first, to have preeminence, to excel, to be chief
- ΠΡΩΤΕΥΟΝΤΑ — leading, chief, foremost, having preeminence, being first
- ΠΡΩΤΕΥΟΝΤΑΣ — leading, chief, principal, foremost, prominent, the leading ones, the chief men
- ΠΡΩΤΕΥΟΝΤΕΣ — chief men, leading men, principal men, those who are first, those who are chief
- ΠΡΩΤΕΥΟΝΤΙ — (to) the one who is first, (to) the chief one, (to) the one who holds the first place, (to) the principal one
- ΠΡΩΤΕΥΟΝΤΩΝ — of those who are first, of the leading ones, of the principal men, of the chief men
- ΠΡΩΤΕΥΟΥΣΗ — chief, principal, first, leading, capital (city), a capital (city)
- ΠΡΩΤΕΥΣΑΝΤΟΣ — having been first, having held the first place, having been chief, having excelled
- ΠΡΩΤΕΥΩ — to be first, to be preeminent, to hold the first place, to excel, to have the preeminence
- ΠΡΩΤΕΥΩΝ — to be first, to be preeminent, to hold the first place, to be chief, to be a chief
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