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Lexicon :: Strong's G4415 - prōtotokia

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πρωτοτόκια
Transliteration
prōtotokia (Key)
Pronunciation
pro-tot-ok'-ee-ah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
7x in 2 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:871,965

Strong’s Definitions

πρωτοτόκια prōtotókia, pro-tot-ok'-ee-ah; from G4416; primogeniture (as a privilege):—birthright.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4415 in the following manner: birthright (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4415 in the following manner: birthright (1x).

  1. the right or advantages of the first born son

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πρωτοτόκια prōtotókia, pro-tot-ok'-ee-ah; from G4416; primogeniture (as a privilege):—birthright.
STRONGS G4415:
πρωτοτόκια, πρωτοτοκιων, τά (πρωτότοκος), in the Sept. also πρωτοτοκεια (others, πρωτοτοκεια (cf. Chandler § 99), πρωτοτόκια, manuscript Venet., Aq.), for בְּכורָה, primogeniture, the right of the firstborn (in classical Greek ἡ πρεσβεία, and τό πρεσβεῖον): Hebrews 12:16. (Philo repeats the word after the Sept. in his alleg. legg. 3, 69; sacrif. Abel. § 5. Occasionally also in Byzantine writings.)
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Hebrews
12:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4415 matches the Greek πρωτοτόκια (prōtotokia),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright now.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:32 - Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - Jacob said, “Swear to me now.” So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob?[fn] For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:1 - The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son;
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