πρωτότοκος (prōtotokos) means “firstborn” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: pro-tot-ok'-os Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
πρωτότοκος · prōtotokos · firstborn
πρωτότοκος, -ον (πρῶτος, τίκτω) [in LXX chiefly for בְּכוֹר ;] first-born: Luk.2:7; pl., Heb.11:28. Metaphorical, of the priority of Christ (originally perh. a Messianic title, cf. Psa.89:28, Heb.1:6; see ICC on Col.1:15): Heb.1:6; π. πάσης κτίσεως, Col.1:15; ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, Rom.8:29; π. (ἐκ) τ. νεκρῶν, Col.1:18, Rev.1:5; pl., of the elect, ἐκκλησία πρωτοτόκων, Heb.12:23.† (AS)
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first-born, eldest.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
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| firstborn | 4 |
| the firstborn | 2 |
| and firstborn | 1 |
| of the firstborn | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
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| the firstborn | 4 |
| firstborn | 2 |
| of the firstborn | 1 |
| the first begotten | 1 |
| the firstbegotten | 1 |
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And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Read word by wordFor those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
Read word by wordThe Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
Read word by wordAnd He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
Read word by wordAnd again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
Read word by wordBy faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.
Read word by wordin joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
Read word by wordand from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
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