Gloss
firstborn (human or animal). In biblical culture, the firstborn had higher status and received a greater share of the inheritance. Jesus Christ, as the firstborn of God, is of supreme status and inherits all things
Forms of the word
Dictionary
πρωτότοκος, ον
Greek transliteration
prōtotokos
Simplified transliteration
prototokos
Numbers
Strong's number
4416
GK Number
4758
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
8
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-3a
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for πρωτότοκος
| Luke 2:7 | and she gave birth to a son, her firstborn (prōtotokon | πρωτότοκον | acc sg masc). She wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. |
| Romans 8:29 | because those he foreknew he also predestined to become conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn (prōtotokon | πρωτότοκον | acc sg masc) among many brethren. |
| Colossians 1:15 | He is the image of the invisible God, invisible the firstborn (prōtotokos | πρωτότοκος | nom sg masc) over all creation; |
| Colossians 1:18 | And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn (prōtotokos | πρωτότοκος | nom sg masc) from the dead, in order that he might be preeminent in everything. he preeminent |
| Hebrews 1:6 | And again, when he brings the firstborn (prōtotokon | πρωτότοκον | acc sg masc) into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him.” |
| Hebrews 11:28 | By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroying angel would not touch their firstborn (prōtotoka | πρωτότοκα | acc pl neut). |
| Hebrews 12:23 | and to the assembly of the firstborn (prōtotokōn | πρωτοτόκων | gen pl masc) whose names are inscribed in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous who have been made perfect, |
| Revelation 1:5 | and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn (prōtotokos | πρωτότοκος | nom sg masc) of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the world. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood |
