πρῶτος,
πρώτη,
πρῶτον (superlative of
πρό, contracted from
προατος, whence the Doric
πρατός; the comparitive
πρότερος see in its place) (from
Homer down), the
Sept. for
רִאשׁון and often for
אֶחַד and
רֹאשׁ,
first;
1. either in time or place, in any succession of things or of persons;
a. absolutely (i. e. without a noun) and substantively;
α. with the article:
ὁ πρῶτος καί ὁ ἔσχατος, i. e.
the eternal One,
Revelation 1:17;
Revelation 2:8;
Revelation 22:13;
ὁ πρῶτος, namely,
τῶν κεκλημένων,
Luke 14:18; the first of two (cf.
Winers Grammar, § 35, 4 N. 1; (
Buttmann, 32 (28))),
John 19:32;
1 Corinthians 14:30; plural opposed to
οἱ ἔσχατοι,
Matthew 20:16, on which see
ἔσχατος, 2 a. Neuter
τό πρῶτον, opposed to
τό δεύτερον,
Hebrews 10:9;
τά πρῶτα, opposed to
τά ἔσχατα, one's first state,
Matthew 12:45;
Luke 11:26;
2 Peter 2:20; the first order of things,
Revelation 21:4.
β. without the article:
Matthew 10:2 (
πρῶτος, namely, of the apostles to be mentioned); plural,
Matthew 19:30;
Mark 10:31;
Luke 13:30 (on the meaning of which three passages, see
ἔσχατος, 2 a.); neuter
ἐν πρώτοις (
A. V. first of all), among the first things delivered to you by me,
1 Corinthians 15:3.
b. where it agrees with some substantive;
α. anarthrous, and in place of an adjective:
πρώτη (namely,
ἡμέρα)
σαββάτου, on the first day of the week,
Mark 16:9;
φυλακή, opposed to
δευτέρᾳ,
Acts 12:10; as a predicate
Luke 2:2 (on which cf.
Winers Grammar, § 35, 4 N. 1; (
Buttmann, § 127, 31)). where it is added to the subject or the object of the verb (and we often use an adverb;
Winers Grammar, § 54, 2; (
Buttmann, § 123, 9)):
εὑρίσκει οὗτος πρῶτος,
John 1:41(42) (where
L Tr WH πρῶτον); add,
John 8:7;
John 20:4,
8;
Acts 27:43;
Romans 10:19;
1 Timothy 1:16;
1 John 4:19; opposed to
εἶτα,
1 Timothy 2:13 πρῶτος ἐμβάς,
John 5:4 (the article belongs to
ἐμβάς (
G T Tr WH omit the passage)); but
Acts 26:23 πρῶτος ἐξ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν is to be translated
as the first. By a later Greek usage it is put where
πρότερος might have been expected with the genitive (cf.
Herm. ad Vig., p. 717;
Passow, under the word
πρότερος, B. I. 2 c. ii, p. 1243a; (Liddell and Scott, ibid. B. I. 4 c.); Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, ii., 420f;
Winers Grammar, § 35, 4 N. 1;
Buttmann, § 123, 14):
πρῶτος μου ἦν,
John 1:15,
30 (
οἱ πρῶτοι μου ταῦτα ἀνιχνευσαντες,
Aelian nat. anim. 8, 12).
β. with the article: (
ὁ (
ἡ,
τό)
πρῶτος (
πρώτη,
πρῶτον), in a series which is so complete, either in fact or in thought, that other members are conceived of as following the first in regular order; as,
τόν πρῶτον λόγον,
Acts 1:1; add,
Mark 14:12;
2 Timothy 4:16;
Revelation 4:1,
7;
Revelation 13:12, etc.; (opposed to
ὁ ἔσχατος),
ἡ πρῶτος πλάνη,
Matthew 27:64; add,
Matthew 20:8,
10,
16;
1 Corinthians 15:45, etc.; also 'the first' of two, where Latin usage requires and the
Vulg. ordinarily employs prior (cf.
Winers Grammar (and
Buttmann), as above):
Matthew 21:28,
31 (
L Tr WH ὕστερος);
ἄλλους δούλους πλείονας τῶν πρώτων,
Matthew 21:36;
ἡ πρώτη διαθήκη,
Hebrews 8:7,
13;
Hebrews 9:15,
18;
ἡ πρώτη, namely,
διαθήκη,
Hebrews 9:1 G L T Tr WH;
σκηνή,
Hebrews 9:1 Rec., 2, 6, 8;
ἡ πρώτη γῆ,
ὁ πρῶτος οὐρανός,
Revelation 21:1;
ἀνάστασις,
Revelation 20:5,
6;
ἄνθρωπος 1 Corinthians 15:47; followed by
ὁ δεύτερος,
τρίτος, etc.:
Matthew 22:25;
Mark 12:20;
Luke 19:16;
Luke 20:29;
Revelation 8:7;
Revelation 16:2;
Revelation 21:19; followed by
ἕτερος,
Luke 16:5;
ὁ πρῶτος, equivalent to
the former, previous, pristine:
τήν πρώτην πίστιν, the faith which they formerly plighted,
1 Timothy 5:12;
ἡ πρώτη ἀγάπη,
Revelation 2:4;
τά πρῶτα ἔργα,
Revelation 2:5.
2. first in rank, influence, honor; chief; principal: without the article, and absolutely,
πρῶτος chief (opposed to
δοῦλος),
Matthew 20:27;
Mark 10:44; opposed to
ἔσχατος and
διάκονος,
Mark 9:35; added to a noun,
principal, ἐντολή,
Matthew 22:38;
Mark 12:30 (
T WH omit;
Tr marginal reading brackets the clause);
Ephesians 6:2; with a partitive genitive,
Mark 12:28,
29 (see
πᾶς, II. 2 b.
γ.);
1 Timothy 1:15; with the article,
Luke 15:22;
Acts 17:4;
οἱ πρῶτοι τῆς Γαλιλαίας, the chief men of Galilee,
Mark 6:21:
τοῦ λαοῦ,
Luke 19:47;
τῆς πόλεως,
Acts 13:50;
τῶν Ἰουδαίων,
Acts 25:2;
Acts 28:17;
τῆς νήσου,
Acts 28:7 (cf. Lewin, St. Paul, ii., p. 208f, but see
Πόπλιος).
3. neuter
πρῶτον as adverb,
first, at the first;
a. in order of time:
Luke 10:5;
John 18:13;
Acts 11:26 (here
T Tr WH πρώτως, which see); followed by
εἶτα,
ἔπειτα, or
δεύτερον,
Mark 4:28;
1 Corinthians 15:46;
1 Thessalonians 4:16;
1 Timothy 3:10; followed by
μετά ταῦτα Mark 16:9 cf.
Mark 16:12;
the first time, opposed to
ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ (the second time),
Acts 7:12,
13;
τέ πρῶτον καί, first and also (or afterward), i. e. as well as,
Romans 1:16 (but here
L Tr marginal reading
WH brackets
πρῶτον);
Rom. 2:9,
10; without
τέ,
2 Corinthians 8:5;
2 Timothy 1:5;
first i. e. before anything else is done; first of all:
Matthew 6:33;
Luke 12:1;
John 7:51 L Tr WH;
Romans 1:8;
1 Timothy 5:4;
2 Peter 1:20;
2 Peter 3:3;
πρῶτον πάντων,
1 Timothy 2:1.
first, i. e. before something else:
Matthew 8:21;
Mark 7:27;
Mark 9:11,
12;
Luke 11:38;
Luke 14:28;
Romans 15:24;
2 Thessalonians 2:3;
1 Peter 4:17, etc.; before other nations,
Acts 3:26;
Acts 13:46; before others (
R. V. the first to partake etc.),
2 Timothy 2:6; followed by
τότε or
καί τότε,
Matthew 5:24;
Matthew 7:5;
Matthew 12:29;
Mark 3:27;
Luke 6:42;
John 2:10 (
T WH omit;
L Tr brackets
τότε);
ἐμέ πρῶτον ὑμῶν (
Tdf. omits
ὑμῶν)
me before it hated you, John 15:18 (see 1 b.
ἆ.).
τό πρῶτον.
at the first, i. e. at the time when one did a thing for the first time:
John 10:40;
John 12:16;
John 19:39.
b. in enumerating several particulars;
first, then, etc.:
Romans 3:2;
1 Corinthians 11:18;
1 Corinthians 12:28;
Hebrews 7:2;
James 3:17.
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