ΠΡΩΤΕΥΟΝΤΑΣ, πρωτευοντας
PRŌTEUONTAS, prōteuontas
Sounds Like: proh-TEH-oo-ont-as
Translations: leading, chief, principal, foremost, prominent, the leading ones, the chief men
From the root: ΠΡΩΤΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle derived from the verb 'πρωτεύω' (prōteuō), meaning 'to be first' or 'to hold the first place'. As a participle, it describes someone or something that is currently leading or holding a prominent position. It can function adjectivally, modifying a noun (e.g., 'the leading man'), or substantively, acting as a noun itself (e.g., 'the leading ones' or 'the chief men'). In the provided context, it is used substantively in the accusative plural, referring to 'the leading ones' or 'the chief men'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine, Accusative, Plural
Strong’s number: G4409 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 6:181
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
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
- 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
- ΠΡΩΤΕΥΟΥΣΑΣ — of the first, of the chief, of the principal, of the leading, of the preeminent
- 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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