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Lexicon :: Strong's G4416 - prōtotokos

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πρωτότοκος
Transliteration
prōtotokos (Key)
Pronunciation
pro-tot-ok'-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From πρῶτος (G4413) and the alternate of τίκτω (G5088)
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TDNT Reference: 6:871,965

Strong’s Definitions

πρωτότοκος prōtótokos, pro-tot-ok'-os; from G4413 and the alternate of G5088; first-born (usually as noun, literally or figuratively):—firstbegotten(-born).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G4416 in the following manner: firstborn (7x), first begotten (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G4416 in the following manner: firstborn (7x), first begotten (2x).

  1. the firstborn

    1. of man or beast

    2. of Christ, the first born of all creation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πρωτότοκος prōtótokos, pro-tot-ok'-os; from G4413 and the alternate of G5088; first-born (usually as noun, literally or figuratively):—firstbegotten(-born).
STRONGS G4416:
πρωτότοκος, πρωτότοκον (πρῶτος, τίκτω), the Sept. for בְּכור, firstborn;
a. properly: τόν υἱόν αὐτῆς τόν πρωτότοκον, Matthew 1:25 (where τόν πρωτότοκον is omitted by L T Tr WH but found in the Sinaiticus manuscript. (see Tdf., WH., at the passage)); Luke 2:7; τά πρωτότοκα αὐτῶν (genitive of the possessor ((?); αὐτῶν is more naturally taken with θίγῃ (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 8 c.), as by Prof. Grimm himself under the word θιγγάνω)), the firstborn whether of man or of beast, Hebrews 11:28 (πᾶν πρωτότοκον... ἀπό ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους, Exodus 12:29; Psalm 104:36 (Ps. 105:36); (Philo de cherub. § 16; Pollux 4, 208)).
b. tropically Christ is called πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως (partitive genitive (see below), as in τά πρωτότοκα τῶν προβάτων, Genesis 4:4; τῶν βοῶν, Deuteronomy 12:17; τῶν υἱῶν σου, Exodus 22:29), who came into being through God prior to the entire universe of created things (R. V. the firstborn of all creation) (see κτίσις, 2 b.), Colossians 1:15; — this passage does not with certainty prove that Paul reckoned the λόγος in the number of created beings (as, among others, Usteri, Paulin. Lehrbegriff., p. 315, and Baur, Das Christenthum der drei ersten Jahrhh. 1st edition, p. 295, hold); since even Origen, who is acknowledged to have maintained the eternal generation of the Son by the Father, did not hesitate to call him (cf. Gieseler, Kirch.-Gesch. i., p. 261f edition 3; (i. 216 English translation, of edition 4, edited by Smith)) τόν ἀγενητον καί πάσης γενετῆς φύσεως πρωτότοκον (c. Celsus 6, 17), and even κτίσμα (a term which Clement of Alexandria also uses of the λόγος); cf. Joan. Damascen. orthod. fid. 4, 8 καί αὐτός ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ καί ἡ κτίσις ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ; (others would make the genitive in Colossians, the passage cited depend upon the comparitive force in (the first half of) πρωτότοκος (cf. πρωτότοκος ἐγώ ἤ σύ, 2 Samuel 19:43); but see Lightfoot at the passage (especially for the patristic interpretation)). In the same sense, apparently, he is called simply ὁ πρωτότοκος, Hebrews 1:6; πρωτότοκος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν, the first of the dead who was raised to life, Colossians 1:18; also τῶν νεκρῶν (partitive genitive), Revelation 1:5 (Rec. inserts ἐκ); πρωτότοκος ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, who was the Son of God long before those who by his agency and merits are exalted to the nature and dignity of sons of God, with the added suggestion of the supreme rank by which he excels these other sons (cf. Psalm 88:28 (Ps. 89:28); Exodus 4:22; Jeremiah 38:9 (Jer. 31:9), Romans 8:29; ἐκκλησία πρωτοτόκων, the congregation of the pious Christian dead already exalted to the enjoyment of the blessedness of heaven (tacitly opposed to those subsequently to follow them thither), Hebrews 12:23; cf. DeWette ad loc. (Anthol. 8, 34; 9, 213.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
4:4
Exodus
4:22; 12:29; 22:29
Deuteronomy
12:17
2 Samuel
19:43
Psalms
89:28; 105:36
Jeremiah
31:9; 38:9
Matthew
1:25
Luke
2:7
Romans
8:29
Colossians
1:15; 1:18
Hebrews
1:6; 11:28; 12:23
Revelation
1:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4416 matches the Greek πρωτότοκος (prōtotokos),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:25 - and did not know her till she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and he called his name Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:7 - and she brought forth her son -- the first-born, and wrapped him up, and laid him down in the manger, because there was not for them a place in the guest-chamber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:29 - because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:15 - who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation,

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:18 - And himself is the head of the body -- the assembly -- who is a beginning, a first-born out of the dead, that he might become in all things -- himself -- first,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:6 - and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, 'And let them bow before him -- all messengers of God;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:28 - by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:23 - to the company and assembly of the first-born in heaven enrolled, and to God the judge of all, and to spirits of righteous men made perfect,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5 - and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood,
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