Strong G4409πρωτεύω
be first
- Transliteration
- prōteuō
- Pronunciation
- prote-yoo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G4413; to be first (in rank or influence): - have the preeminence.
Detailed definition
πρωτεύω
(πρῶτος) [in LXX: Est.5:11, 2Ma.6:18 2Mac 13:15 *;]
to be first, pre-eminent, have the first place: Col.1:18.†
(AS)
(πρῶτος) [in LXX: Est.5:11, 2Ma.6:18 2Mac 13:15 *;]
to be first, pre-eminent, have the first place: Col.1:18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4409 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- preeminence1
First verses
- Colossians 1:18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πρωτεύω,
(πρῶτος) to be the first, hold first place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.41 (assuming variant), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 692d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1124b23)]; οἱ πρωτεύοντες the primates or chief men in a city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 8.7.2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.68)]; hold position of πρῶτος (which see), [Refs (“MAMA” 4.151 (from Apollonia))]; π. τοῦ ἔθνους [Refs (“OGI” 563.6 (from Cadyanda).)]
II with a modal word added, to be first in a thing, καρτερίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 10.1; βδελυρίᾳ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.192; γένει 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.21; ἐν ἕδρᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.5; περὶ κακίαν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.159; φιλίᾳ π. παρὰ τῷ Κύρῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.28, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.60)]; ἐν τούτοις (i.e. ἐπιτηδεύμασιν) [Refs ([prev. author] 7.48.)]
II.2 with genitive person, to be first of or among, Ἑλλήνων [Refs ([prev. work]6)]; τῶν ῥητόρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.171, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.3; π. Ἑλλάδος εἰς ἀρετήν “epigram Gr.” 489: also π. ἐν τοῖς Ἕλλησι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.24; ἐν τῷ δήμῳ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.297.)]
III ={προτερέω}, excel, π. τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ταῖς κυνηγεσίαις [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.81.)]
(πρῶτος) to be the first, hold first place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.41 (assuming variant), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 692d, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1124b23)]; οἱ πρωτεύοντες the primates or chief men in a city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 8.7.2, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.68)]; hold position of πρῶτος (which see), [Refs (“MAMA” 4.151 (from Apollonia))]; π. τοῦ ἔθνους [Refs (“OGI” 563.6 (from Cadyanda).)]
II with a modal word added, to be first in a thing, καρτερίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 10.1; βδελυρίᾳ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.192; γένει 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.21; ἐν ἕδρᾳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.5; περὶ κακίαν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.159; φιλίᾳ π. παρὰ τῷ Κύρῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.28, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.60)]; ἐν τούτοις (i.e. ἐπιτηδεύμασιν) [Refs ([prev. author] 7.48.)]
II.2 with genitive person, to be first of or among, Ἑλλήνων [Refs ([prev. work]6)]; τῶν ῥητόρων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.171, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.3; π. Ἑλλάδος εἰς ἀρετήν “epigram Gr.” 489: also π. ἐν τοῖς Ἕλλησι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.24; ἐν τῷ δήμῳ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.297.)]
III ={προτερέω}, excel, π. τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ταῖς κυνηγεσίαις [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.81.)]