ΠΡΩΤΟΤΟΚΟΣ, πρωτοτοκος
PRŌTOTOKOS, prōtotokos
Sounds Like: PRO-toh-TOH-koss
Translations: firstborn, first-born, a firstborn, a first-born
From the root: ΠΡΩΤΟΣ, ΤΙΚΤΩ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'πρῶτος' (first) and 'τίκτω' (to beget, to bear). It refers to the firstborn child, whether male or female. It can be used as an adjective to describe someone as the firstborn, or as a noun to refer to 'the firstborn' person.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4416 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 13:5
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:6
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Chronicles — 9:31, 9:36, 9:44
- 4 Maccabees — 15:18
- Jeremiah — 38:9
- Colossians — 1:15, 1:18
- Revelation — 1:5
- Epistle of Barnabas — 13:5
Justin Martyr
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 7:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 25:13, 25:25, 27:19, 27:32, 35:23, 38:7, 43:33, 46:8, 48:18, 49:3
- Exodus — 4:22
- Numbers — 3:2, 26:5
- Deuteronomy — 21:15, 33:17
- Joshua — 17:1
- 1 Samuel — 8:2
- 2 Samuel — 3:2, 13:21, 19:43
- 1 Chronicles — 2:3, 2:25, 2:42, 3:1, 3:15, 5:1, 5:12, 6:28, 8:30, 8:38, 8:39, 9:5, 9:31, 9:36, 9:44, 26:2, 26:4, 26:10
- 2 Chronicles — 21:3
- 4 Maccabees — 15:18
- Jeremiah — 38:9
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
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