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GreekG4416Adjective

πρωτότοκος

prōtotokos

9Occurrences
G4416Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

first-born (usually as noun, literally or figuratively)

from G4413 (πρῶτος) and the alternate of G5088 (τίκτω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
first-born: pl. Metaphorical, of the priority of Christ (originally perh. a Messianic title, cf.; see ICC on ): π. πάσης κτίσεως; ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς; π. (ἐκ) νεκρῶν,; pl., of the elect, ἐκκλησία πρωτοτόκων.
LXX: chiefly for בְּכוֹר

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

πρωτότοκος appears 9 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Hebrews
3
Colossians
2
Luke
1
Matthew
1
Revelation
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

Colossians 1:15BSB

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

Colossians 1:18BSB

And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

Hebrews 1:6BSB

And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says:“Let all God’s angels worship Him.”

Hebrews 11:28BSB

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

Hebrews 12:23BSB

in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.