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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 BoxGen 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:31 - Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:32 - “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 - Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 - Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob[fn]? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: He took my birthright, and now he’s taken my blessing!” Then he asked, “Haven’t you reserved any blessing for me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - He must acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double share of all he has. That son is the first sign of his father’s strength. The right of the firstborn belongs to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:1 - The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel; so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright,
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