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Strong's #4416: prototokos (pronounced pro-tot-ok'-os)

from 4413 and the alternate of 5088; first-born (usually as noun, literally or figuratively):--firstbegotten(-born).




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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prōtotokos

1) the firstborn

1a) of man or beast

1b) of Christ, the first born of all creation

Part of Speech: adjective

Relation: from G4413 and the alternate of G5088

Citing in TDNT: 6:871, 965




Usage:

This word is used 9 times:

Matthew 1:25: "till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his"
Luke 2:7: "And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes,"
Romans 8:29: "Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren."
Colossians 1:15: "of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:"
Colossians 1:18: "who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that"
Hebrews 1:6: "when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith,"
Hebrews 11:28: "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"
Revelation 1:5: "faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and"









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