Strong G4416πρωτότοκος

firstborn

Transliteration
prōtotokos
Pronunciation
pro-tot-ok'-os
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G4413 and the alternate of G5088; first born (usually as noun literally or figuratively): - firstbegotten (-born).

Detailed definition

πρωτότοκος, -ον
(πρῶτος, τίκτω) [in LXX chiefly for בְּכוֹר;]
first-born: Luk.2:7; pl., Heb.11:28. Metaphorical, of the priority of Christ (originally perh. a Messianic title, cf. Psa.89:28, Heb.1:6; see ICC on Col.1:15): Heb.1:6; π. πάσης κτίσεως, Col.1:15; ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, Rom.8:29; π. (ἐκ) τ. νεκρῶν, Col.1:18, Rev.1:5; pl., of the elect, ἐκκλησία πρωτοτόκων, Heb.12:23.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4416 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • firstborn7
  • begotten1
  • firstbegotten1

First verses

  1. Matthew 1:25
    And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
  2. Luke 2:7
    And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
  3. Romans 8:29
    For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
  4. Colossians 1:15
    Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
  5. Colossians 1:18
    And 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.
  6. Hebrews 1:6
    And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
  7. Hebrews 11:28
    Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
  8. Hebrews 12:23
    To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
  9. Revelation 1:5
    And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πρωτοτόκ-ος
(paroxytone), Doric dialect πρᾱτοτόκος, ον, bearing or having borne her first-born, μήτηρ π., of a heifer, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.5; αἴξ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.27)]; ὗς, ταὧς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 546a12, 564a30; κύων 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.70.6)]; of women, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 151c, 161a; νύμφη 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 193.)]
II proparoxytone πρωτότοκος, ον, passive,first-born, [LXX+NT+4th c.AD+ (LXX.Gen.22.21, +others, NT.Luke.2.7, “PLips.” 28.15 (4th c.AD), 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 3.9; τὰ π. τῶν προβάτων LXX.Gen.4.4, compare “PMag. Osl.” 1.312)]; π. ἐγὼ ἢ σύ [LXX (LXX.2Ki.19.43.)]
II.2 metaphorically, π. πάσης κτίσεως [NT (NT.Col.1.15)]; of Homer, opposed to Nicander, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.213.)]