Strong G4413G4413Hπρῶτος

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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 G4413H appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • before2
  • first2
  • thing1

First verses

  1. John 1:15
    John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
  2. John 1:30
    This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
  3. John 19:39
    And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
  4. 1 Timothy 5:12
    Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
  5. Revelation 21:4
    And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πρῶτος, η, ον,
see at {πρότερος} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]