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πρωτότοκος G4416

prōtótokos

pro-tot-ok'-os

from πρῶτος and the alternate of τίκτω; first-born (usually as noun, literally or figuratively):--firstbegotten(-born).

Abbott–Smith

πρωτότοκος, -ον (< πρῶτος, τίκτω), [in LXX chiefly for בְּכוֹר;]
first-born: Lk 2:7; pl., He 11:28. Metaph., of the priority of Christ (originally perh. a Messianic title, cf. Ps 88 (89):28, He 1:6; v. ICC on Col 1:15): He 1:6; π. πάσης κτίσεως, Col 1:15; ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, Ro 8:29; π. (ἐκ) τ. νεκρῶν, Col 1:18, Re 1:5; pl., of the elect, ἐκκλησία πρωτοτόκων, He 12:23.†

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), in the public domain.


9 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Matthew 1:25
    And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
  • Luke 2:7
    And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
  • Romans 8:29
    For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
  • Colossians 1:15
    Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
  • Colossians 1:18
    And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
  • Hebrews 1:6
    And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
  • Hebrews 11:28
    Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
  • Hebrews 12:23
    To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
  • Revelation 1:5
    And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

133 in the Septuagint, in 107 verses

The first 40, in the order of the Septuagint’s books.

  • Genesis 4:4
    καὶ Ἅβελ ἤνεγκεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπὸ τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν προβάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν στεάτων αὐτῶν. καὶ ἔπιδεν ὁ θεὸς ἐπὶ Ἅβελ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς δώροις αὐτοῦ.
  • Genesis 10:15
    Χανάαν δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Σιδῶνα πρωτότοκον, καὶ τὸν Χετταῖον
  • Genesis 22:21
    τὸν Ὢξ πρωτότοκον καὶ τὸν Βαὺξ ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸν Καμουὴλ πατέρα Σύρων,
  • Genesis 25:13
    καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσμαὴλ κατ’ ὄνομα τῶν γενεῶν αὐτοῦ· πρωτότοκος Ἰσμαὴλ Ναβαιώθ, καὶ Κηδὰρ καὶ Ναβδεὴλ καὶ Μασσὰμ
  • Genesis 25:25
    ἐξῆλθεν δὲ ὁ υἱὸς ὁ πρωτότοκος πυρράκης, ὅλος ὡσεὶ δορὰ δασύς· ἐπωνόμασεν δὲ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἡσαύ.
  • Genesis 27:19
    καὶ εἶπεν Ἰακὼβ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ Ἐγὼ Ἠσαὺ ὁ πρωτότοκός σου, ἐποίησα καθὰ ἐλάλησάς μοι· ἀναστὰς κάθισον καὶ φάγε τῆς θήρας μου, ὅπως εὐλογήσῃ με ἡ ψυχή σου.
  • Genesis 27:32
    καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰσαὰκ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ τίς εἰ σύ; ὁ δὲ εἶπεν Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ υἱός σου ὁ πρωτότοκος Ἠσαύ.
  • Genesis 35:23
    υἱοὶ Λείας πρωτότοκος Ἰακὼβ Ῥουβήν, Συμεών, Λευείς, Ἰούδας, Ἰσσαχάρ, Ζαβουλών·
  • Genesis 36:15
    οὖτοι οἱ ἡγεμόνες υἱοῦ υἱοὶ Ἐλιφὰς πρωτοτόκου Ἠσαύ. ἡγεμὼν Θαιμὰν ἡγεμὼν Ὠμὰρ ἡγεμὼν’ Σωφάρ, ἡγεμὼν Κενέζ,
  • Genesis 38:6
    καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἰούδας γυναῖκα Ἢρ τῷ πρωτοτόκῳ αὐτοῦ, ᾗ ὄνομα Θαμάρ.
  • Genesis 38:7
    ἐγένετο δὲ Ἢρ πρωτότοκος Ἰούδα πονηρὸς ἐναντίον Κυρίου, καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτὸν ὁ θεός.
  • Genesis 41:51
    ἐκάλεσεν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πρωτοτόκου Μαννασσὴ λέγων Ὅτι ἐπιλαθέσθαι με ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς πάντων τῶν πόνων μου καὶ πάντων τῶν τοῦ πατρός μου·
  • Genesis 43:33
    ἐκάθισαν δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, ὁ πρωτότοκος κατὰ τὰ πρεσβεῖα αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ νεώτερος κατὰ τὴν νεότητα αὐτοῦ. ἐξίσταντο δὲ οἱ ἄνθρωποι ἕκαστος πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ.
  • Genesis 46:8
    Ταῦτα δὲ τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ τῶν εἰσελθόντων εἰς Αἴγυπτον. Ἰακὼβ καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ· πρωτότοκος Ἰακὼβ Ῥουβήν·
  • Genesis 48:18
    εἶπεν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ Οὐχ οὕτως, πάτερ· οὗτος γὰρ ὁ πρωτότοκος, ἐπίθες τὴν δεξιὰν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ.
  • Genesis 49:3
    Ῥουβὴν πρωτότοκός μου, σὺ ἰσχύς μου καὶ ἀρχὴ τέκνων μου· σκληρὸς φέρεσθαι καὶ σκληρὸς αὐθάδης.
  • Exodus 4:22
    σὺ δὲ ἐρεῖς τῷ Φαραώ Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Υἱὸς πρωτότοκός μου Ἰσραήλ·
  • Exodus 4:23
    εἶπα δέ σοι Ἐξαπόστειλον τὸν λαόν μου ἵνα μοι λατρεύσῃ· εἰ μὲν οὖν μὴ βούλει ἐξαποστεῖλαι αὐτούς, ὁρᾷ οὖν, ἐγὼ ἀποκτέννω τὸν υἱόν σου τὸν πρωτότοκον.
  • Exodus 6:14
    Καὶ οὗτοι ἀρχηγοὶ οἴκων πατριῶν αὐτῶν. υἱοὶ Ῥουβὴν πρωτοτόκου Ἰσραήλ· Ἑνὼχ καὶ Φαλλούς, Ἁσρὼν καὶ Χαρμεί· αὕτη ἡ συγγενία Ῥουβήν.
  • Exodus 11:5
    καὶ τελευτήσει πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, ἀπὸ πρωτοτόκου Φαραὼ ὃς κάθηται ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου, καὶ ἕως πρωτοτόκου τῆς θεραπαίνης τῆς παρὰ τὸν μύλον καὶ ἕως πρωτοτόκου παντὸς κτήνους·
  • Exodus 12:12
    καὶ ἐλεύσομαι ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ, καὶ πατάξω πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους, καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς θεοῖς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ποιήσω τὴν ἐκδίκησιν· ἐγὼ Κύριος.
  • Exodus 12:29
    Ἐγενήθη δὲ μεσούσης τῆς νυκτὸς καὶ Κύριος ἐπάταξεν πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, ἀπὸ πρωτοτόκου Φαραὼ τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου ἕως πρωτοτόκου τῆς αἰχμαλωτίδος τῆς ἐν τῷ λάκκῳ, καὶ ἕως πρωτοτόκου παντὸς κτήνους.
  • Exodus 13:2
    Ἁγίασόν μοι πᾶν πρωτότοκον πρωτογενὲς διανοῖγον πᾶσαν μήτραν ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους· ἐμοί ἐστιν.
  • Exodus 13:13
    πᾶν διανοῖγον μήτραν ὄνου ἀλλάξεις προβάτῳ· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ ἀλλάξῃς, λυτρώσῃ αὐτό· πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἀνθρώπου τῶν υἱῶν σου λυτρώσῃ.
  • Exodus 13:15
    ἡνίκα δὲ ἐσκλήρυνεν Φαραὼ ἐξαποστεῖλαι ἡμᾶς, ἀπέκτεινεν πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἀπὸ πρωτοτόκων ἀνθρώπων ἕως πρωτοτόκων κτηνῶν διὰ τοῦτο ἐγὼ θύω πᾶν πρωτότοκον τῷ κυρίῳ, πᾶν διανοῖγον μήτραν, τὰ ἀρσενικά, καὶ πᾶν πρωτότοκον τῶν υἱῶν μου λυτρώσομαι.
  • Exodus 22:29
    ἀπαρχὰς ἅλωνος καὶ ληνοῦ σου οὐ καθυστερήσεις· τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν υἱῶν σου δώσεις ἐμοί.
  • Exodus 34:19
    πᾶν διανοῖγον μήτραν, ἐμοὶ τὰ ἀρσενικά, πᾶν πρωτότοκον μόσχου καὶ πρωτότοκον προβάτου.
  • Exodus 34:20
    καὶ πρωτότοκον ὑποζυγίου λυτρώσῃ προβάτῳ· ἐὰν δὲ μὴ λυτρώσῃ αὐτό, τιμὴν δώσεις. πᾶν πρωτότοκον τῶν υἱῶν σου λυτρώσῃ· οὐκ ὀφθήσῃ ἐνώπιόν μου κενός.
  • Leviticus 27:26
    Καὶ πᾶν πρωτότοκον ὃ ἂν γένηται ἐν τοῖς κτήνεσίν σου ἔσται τῷ κυρίῳ, καὶ οὐ καθαγιάσει οὐθεὶς αὐτό, ἐάν τε μόσχον ἐάν τε πρόβατον· τῷ κυρίῳ ἐστίν.
  • Numbers 1:20
    Καὶ ἐγένοντο οἱ υἱοὶ Ῥουβὴν πρωτοτόκου Ἰσραὴλ κατὰ συγγενίας αὐτῶν, κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν, κατ’ οἴκους πατριῶν αὐτῶν, κατὰ ἀριθμὸν ὀνομάτων αὐτῶν, κατὰ κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν, πάντα ἀρσενικὰ ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς καὶ ἐπάνω, πᾶς ὁ ἐκπορευόμενος ἐν τῇ δυνάμει·
  • Numbers 3:2
    καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τὸν υἱῶν Ἀαρών· πρωτότοκος Ναδὰβ καὶ Ἀβιούδ, Ἐλεαζὰρ καὶ Ἰθαμάρ·
  • Numbers 3:12
    Καὶ ἐγὼ ἰδοὺ εἴληφα τοὺς Λευείτας ἐκ μέσου τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἀντὶ παντὸς πρωτοτόκου διανοίγοντος μήτραν παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· λύτρα αὐτῶν ἔσονται, καὶ ἔσονται ἐμοὶ οἱ Λευεῖται.
  • Numbers 3:13
    ἐμοὶ γὰρ πᾶν πρωτότοκον· ἐν ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐπάταξα πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου ἡγίασα ἐμοὶ πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν Ἰσραήλ· ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους ἐμοὶ ἔσονται· ἐγὼ Κύριος.
  • Numbers 3:40
    Καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων Ἐπίσκεψαι πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἄρσεν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ μηνιαίου καὶ ἐπάνω, καὶ λάβετε τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἐξ ὀνόματος·
  • Numbers 3:41
    καὶ λήμψῃ τοὺς Λευείτας ἐμοί, ἐγὼ Κύριος, ἀντὶ πάντων τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ τὰ κτήνη τῶν Λευειτῶν ἀντὶ πάντων τῶν πρωτοτόκων ἐν τοῖς κτήνεσιν τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.
  • Numbers 3:42
    καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο Μωυσῆς ὃν τρόπον ἐνετείλατο Κύριος πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ·
  • Numbers 3:43
    καὶ ἐγένοντο πάντα τὰ πρωτότοκα τὰ ἀρσενικὰ κατὰ ἀριθμὸν ἐξ ὀνόματος ἀπὸ μηνιαίου καὶ ἐπάνω ἐκ τῆς ἐπισκέψεως αὐτῶν δύο καὶ εἴκοσι χιλιάδες, τρεῖς καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ διακόσιοι.
  • Numbers 3:45
    Λάβετε τοὺς Λευείτας ἀντὶ πάντων τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ τὰ κτήνη τῶν Λευειτῶν ἀντὶ τῶν κτηνῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔσονται ἐμοὶ οἱ Λευεῖται· ἐγὼ Κύριος.
  • Numbers 3:46
    καὶ τὰ λύτρα, τρεῖς καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ διακόσιοι, οἱ πλεονάζοντες παρὰ τοὺς Λευείτας ἀπὸ τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ·
  • Numbers 3:50
    παρὰ τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἔλαβεν τὸ ἀργύριον, χιλίους τριακοσίους ἑξήκοντα πέντε σίκλους, κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον.

Biblion's Septuagint: the Greek Old Testament in H. B. Swete's edition (Cambridge, 1896–1905), as digitized by the Open Greek and Latin project at the University of Leipzig (First1KGreek), corrected against the printed pages, with lemmas, morphology, Strong's numbers and links to the Hebrew prepared for Biblion. CC BY-SA 4.0.