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Strong G4413G4413Gπρῶτος

first

One of the 4 senses of Strong G4413

Transliteration
prōtos
Pronunciation
pro'-tos
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

Contracted superlative of G4253; foremost (in time place order or importance): - before beginning best chief (-est) first (of all) former.

Detailed definition

B. Superl., πρῶτος, -η, -ον,
[in LXX chiefly for רִאשׁוֹן, also for אֶחַד, etc.;]
first,
1. of Time or Place;
__(a) absol., as subst., ὁ π.., Luk.14:18, Jhn.19:32, 1Co.14:30; ὁ π. καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, Rev.1:17 2:8 22:13; neut., τὸ π., opposite to τ. δεύτερον, Heb.10:9; τὰ π., opposite to τ. ἔσχατα, Mat.12:45, Luk.11:26, 2Pe.2:20; anarth., Mat.10:2; pl., Mat.19:30, Mrk.10:31, Luk.13:30; ἐν πρώτοις (EV, first of all), 1Co.15:3;
__(b) as adj.: πρώτῃ; (sc. ἡμέρᾳ) σαββάτου, Mk 16:[9]; φυλακή, opposite to δευτέρα, Act.12:10; equiv. to adv. in English, Jhn.8:[7] 20:4, 8 Act.27:43, Rom.10:19, 1Ti.1:16, 1Jn.4:19; = πρότερος (see infr.; cf. M, Pr., 79; Bl, §11, 5; Thackeray, Gr., 183f.): with genitive, π. μου ἦν (my chief: Abbott, Jg., 509ff.; but cf. M, Pr., 245), Jhn.1:15, 30; with art., Mrk.14:12, Act.1:1, al.; before ὁ δεύτερος, etc., Mat.22:25, Mrk.12:20, al.

2. Of Rank or Dignity, chief, principal: Mat.20:27 22:38, Mrk.9:35, Eph.6:2, al.; with genitive, Mrk.12:28, 29 al.; πόλις (Field, Notes, 124), Act.16:12; with art., Luk.15:22 19:47, Act.13:50, al.

3. Neut., πρῶτον, as adv., first, at the first;
__(a) of Time: Mat.8:21, Mrk.4:28, al.; τὸ π., Jhn.10:40, al.;
__(b) of Order: Rom.3:2, 1Co.11:18, al.
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4413G appears in 73 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • first69
  • beginning1
  • chief1
  • chiefest1
  • former1

First verses

  1. Matthew 10:2
    Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
  2. Matthew 12:45
    Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
  3. Matthew 19:30
    But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
  4. Matthew 20:8
    So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
  5. Matthew 20:10
    But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
  6. Matthew 20:16
    So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
  7. Matthew 20:27
    And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
  8. Matthew 21:28
    But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
  9. Matthew 21:31
    Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
  10. Matthew 21:36
    Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
  11. Matthew 22:25
    Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
  12. Matthew 22:38
    This is the first and great commandment.
  13. Matthew 26:17
    Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
  14. Matthew 27:64
    Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
  15. Mark 9:35
    And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
  16. Mark 10:31
    But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
  17. Mark 10:44
    And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
  18. Mark 12:20
    Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
  19. Mark 14:12
    And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
  20. Luke 2:2
    (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
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πρῶτος, η, ον,
see at {πρότερος} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]