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prōtos G4413

πρῶτος (prōtos) means “first” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

πρῶτος Greek · G4413 151 tagged occurrences in 145 verses

Pronunciation guide: pro'-tos Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4413G

πρῶτος · prōtos · first

B. Superl., πρῶτος, -η, -ον, [in LXX chiefly for רִאשׁוֹן, also for אֶחַד, etc. ;] first, 1. of Time or Place; (a) absol., as subst., ὁ π.., Luk.14:18, Jhn.19:32, 1Co.14:30; ὁ π. καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, Rev.1:17 2:8 22:13; neut., τὸ π., opposite to τ. δεύτερον, Heb.10:9; τὰ π., opposite to τ. ἔσχατα, Mat.12:45, Luk.11:26, 2Pe.2:20; anarth., Mat.10:2; pl., Mat.19:30, Mrk.10:31, Luk.13:30; ἐν πρώτοις (EV, first of all), 1Co.15:3; (b) as adj.: πρώτῃ; (sc. ἡμέρᾳ) σαββάτου, Mk 16:[9]; φυλακή, opposite to δευτέρα, Act.12:10; equiv. to adv. in English, Jhn.8:[7] 20:4, 8 Act.27:43, Rom.10:19, 1Ti.1:16, 1Jn.4:19; = πρότερος (see infr.; cf. M, Pr., 79; Bl, §11, 5; Thackeray, Gr., 183f.): with genitive, π. μου ἦν (my chief: Abbott, Jg., 509ff.; but cf. M, Pr., 245), Jhn.1:15, 30; with art., Mrk.14:12, Act.1:1, al.; before ὁ δεύτερος, etc., Mat.22:25, Mrk.12:20, al. 2. Of Rank or Dignity, chief, principal: Mat.20:27 22:38, Mrk.9:35, Eph.6:2, al.; with genitive, Mrk.12:28, 29 al.; πόλις (Field, Notes, 124), Act.16:12; with art., Luk.15:22 19:47, Act.13:50, al. 3. Neut., πρῶτον, as adv., first, at the first; (a) of Time: Mat.8:21, Mrk.4:28, al.; τὸ π., Jhn.10:40, al.; (b) of Order: Rom.3:2, 1Co.11:18, al. (AS)

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TBESG · G4413H

πρῶτος · prōtos · first: previous

B. Superl., πρῶτος, -η, -ον, [in LXX chiefly for רִאשׁוֹן, also for אֶחַד, etc. ;] first, 1. of Time or Place; (a) absol., as subst., ὁ π.., Luk.14:18, Jhn.19:32, 1Co.14:30; ὁ π. καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, Rev.1:17 2:8 22:13; neut., τὸ π., opposite to τ. δεύτερον, Heb.10:9; τὰ π., opposite to τ. ἔσχατα, Mat.12:45, Luk.11:26, 2Pe.2:20; anarth., Mat.10:2; pl., Mat.19:30, Mrk.10:31, Luk.13:30; ἐν πρώτοις (EV, first of all), 1Co.15:3; (b) as adj.: πρώτῃ; (sc. ἡμέρᾳ) σαββάτου, Mk 16:[9]; φυλακή, opposite to δευτέρα, Act.12:10; equiv. to adv. in English, Jhn.8:[7] 20:4, 8 Act.27:43, Rom.10:19, 1Ti.1:16, 1Jn.4:19; = πρότερος (see infr.; cf. M, Pr., 79; Bl, §11, 5; Thackeray, Gr., 183f.): with genitive, π. μου ἦν (my chief: Abbott, Jg., 509ff.; but cf. M, Pr., 245), Jhn.1:15, 30; with art., Mrk.14:12, Act.1:1, al.; before ὁ δεύτερος, etc., Mat.22:25, Mrk.12:20, al. 2. Of Rank or Dignity, chief, principal: Mat.20:27 22:38, Mrk.9:35, Eph.6:2, al.; with genitive, Mrk.12:28, 29 al.; πόλις (Field, Notes, 124), Act.16:12; with art., Luk.15:22 19:47, Act.13:50, al. 3. Neut., πρῶτον, as adv., first, at the first; (a) of Time: Mat.8:21, Mrk.4:28, al.; τὸ π., Jhn.10:40, al.; (b) of Order: Rom.3:2, 1Co.11:18, al. (AS)

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TBESG · G4413I

πρῶτος · prōtos · first: chief

B. Superl., πρῶτος, -η, -ον, [in LXX chiefly for רִאשׁוֹן, also for אֶחַד, etc. ;] first, 1. of Time or Place; (a) absol., as subst., ὁ π.., Luk.14:18, Jhn.19:32, 1Co.14:30; ὁ π. καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, Rev.1:17 2:8 22:13; neut., τὸ π., opposite to τ. δεύτερον, Heb.10:9; τὰ π., opposite to τ. ἔσχατα, Mat.12:45, Luk.11:26, 2Pe.2:20; anarth., Mat.10:2; pl., Mat.19:30, Mrk.10:31, Luk.13:30; ἐν πρώτοις (EV, first of all), 1Co.15:3; (b) as adj.: πρώτῃ; (sc. ἡμέρᾳ) σαββάτου, Mk 16:[9]; φυλακή, opposite to δευτέρα, Act.12:10; equiv. to adv. in English, Jhn.8:[7] 20:4, 8 Act.27:43, Rom.10:19, 1Ti.1:16, 1Jn.4:19; = πρότερος (see infr.; cf. M, Pr., 79; Bl, §11, 5; Thackeray, Gr., 183f.): with genitive, π. μου ἦν (my chief: Abbott, Jg., 509ff.; but cf. M, Pr., 245), Jhn.1:15, 30; with art., Mrk.14:12, Act.1:1, al.; before ὁ δεύτερος, etc., Mat.22:25, Mrk.12:20, al. 2. Of Rank or Dignity, chief, principal: Mat.20:27 22:38, Mrk.9:35, Eph.6:2, al.; with genitive, Mrk.12:28, 29 al.; πόλις (Field, Notes, 124), Act.16:12; with art., Luk.15:22 19:47, Act.13:50, al. 3. Neut., πρῶτον, as adv., first, at the first; (a) of Time: Mat.8:21, Mrk.4:28, al.; τὸ π., Jhn.10:40, al.; (b) of Order: Rom.3:2, 1Co.11:18, al. (AS)

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TBESG · G4413J

πρῶτος · prōtos · first: best

B. Superl., πρῶτος, -η, -ον, [in LXX chiefly for רִאשׁוֹן, also for אֶחַד, etc. ;] first, 1. of Time or Place; (a) absol., as subst., ὁ π.., Luk.14:18, Jhn.19:32, 1Co.14:30; ὁ π. καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, Rev.1:17 2:8 22:13; neut., τὸ π., opposite to τ. δεύτερον, Heb.10:9; τὰ π., opposite to τ. ἔσχατα, Mat.12:45, Luk.11:26, 2Pe.2:20; anarth., Mat.10:2; pl., Mat.19:30, Mrk.10:31, Luk.13:30; ἐν πρώτοις (EV, first of all), 1Co.15:3; (b) as adj.: πρώτῃ; (sc. ἡμέρᾳ) σαββάτου, Mk 16:[9]; φυλακή, opposite to δευτέρα, Act.12:10; equiv. to adv. in English, Jhn.8:[7] 20:4, 8 Act.27:43, Rom.10:19, 1Ti.1:16, 1Jn.4:19; = πρότερος (see infr.; cf. M, Pr., 79; Bl, §11, 5; Thackeray, Gr., 183f.): with genitive, π. μου ἦν (my chief: Abbott, Jg., 509ff.; but cf. M, Pr., 245), Jhn.1:15, 30; with art., Mrk.14:12, Act.1:1, al.; before ὁ δεύτερος, etc., Mat.22:25, Mrk.12:20, al. 2. Of Rank or Dignity, chief, principal: Mat.20:27 22:38, Mrk.9:35, Eph.6:2, al.; with genitive, Mrk.12:28, 29 al.; πόλις (Field, Notes, 124), Act.16:12; with art., Luk.15:22 19:47, Act.13:50, al. 3. Neut., πρῶτον, as adv., first, at the first; (a) of Time: Mat.8:21, Mrk.4:28, al.; τὸ π., Jhn.10:40, al.; (b) of Order: Rom.3:2, 1Co.11:18, al. (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

first, before, principal, most important.

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How translators render G4413

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
first 49
first one 5
at first 3
first covenant 3
leaders 3
the first 3
before 2
first angel 2
leading men 2
will be first 2
best 1
first day 1
first group 1
first importance 1
first man 1
first one obsolete 1
first room 1
first servant 1
first speaker 1
former things 1
leading 1
most important 1
on the first day 1
original workers 1
the chief official 1
the leading 1
the most important 1
the worst 1
the worst of sinners 1
vvv 1
who are first 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the first 39
first 36
the chief 4
chief 3
than the first 3
at the first 2
before 2
he should be the first 1
of the chief 1
than the beginning 1
the best 1
the chief man 1
the chief men 1
the chiefest 1
the former things 1
to the first 1
unto the first 1

Verses containing G4413

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  1. Matthew 5:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

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  2. Matthew 6:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

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  3. Matthew 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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  4. Matthew 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

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  5. Matthew 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;

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  6. Matthew 12:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

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  7. Matthew 12:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”

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  8. Matthew 13:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

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  9. Matthew 17:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

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  10. Matthew 17:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”

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  11. Matthew 19:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

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  12. Matthew 20:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’

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  13. Matthew 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

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  14. Matthew 20:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

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  15. Matthew 20:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—

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  16. Matthew 21:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

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  17. Matthew 21:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

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  18. Matthew 21:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

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  19. Matthew 22:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

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  20. Matthew 22:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the first and greatest commandment.

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  21. Matthew 23:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

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  22. Matthew 26:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

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  23. Matthew 27:64 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”

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  24. Mark 3:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

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  25. Mark 4:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

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  26. Mark 6:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

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  27. Mark 7:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

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  28. Mark 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

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  29. Mark 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?

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  30. Mark 9:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”

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  31. Mark 10:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

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  32. Mark 10:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.

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  33. Mark 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.

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  34. Mark 12:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”

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  35. Mark 12:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

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  36. Mark 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.

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  37. Mark 14:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

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  38. Luke 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.

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  39. Luke 6:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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  40. Luke 9:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

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  41. Luke 9:61 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”

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  42. Luke 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whatever house you enter, begin by saying, ‘Peace to this house.’

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  43. Luke 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”

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  44. Luke 11:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

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  45. Luke 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

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  46. Luke 13:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

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  47. Luke 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’

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  48. Luke 14:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?

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  49. Luke 14:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

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  50. Luke 15:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

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