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Strong's G4416 · Greek

πρωτότοκος

prototokos · pro-tot-ok'-os

from 4413 and the alternate of 5088; first-born (usually as noun, literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

πρωτότοκος (G4416)

8 πρωτότοκος , -ον ( πρῶτος , τίκτω ), [in LXX chiefly for בְּכוֹר ;] first-born : Lk 2:7 ; pl., He 11:28 . Metaph., of the priority of Christ (originally perh. a Messianic title, cf. Ps 88 (89):28 , He 1:6 ; v. ICC on Col 1:15 ): He 1:6 ; π. πάσης κτίσεως , Col 1:15 ; ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς , Ro 8:29 ; π. ( ἐκ ) τ. νεκρῶν , Col 1:18 , Re 1:5 ; pl., of the elect, ἐκκλησία πρωτοτόκων , He 12:23 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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