Original Word: πρ?το?, η, ον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: prótos
Phonetic Spelling: (pro'-tos)
Definition: first, chief
Usage: first, before, principal, most important.

4413 pr?tos (an adjective, derived from 4253 /pró, "before, forward") – first (foremost). 4413 /pr?tos ("first, foremost") is the superlative form of 4253 /pró ("before") meaning "what comes first" (is "number one").

Word Origin
contr. superl. of pro
Definition
first, chief
NASB Translation
before (3), best (1), first (128), first of all (2), first importance (1), first man (1), first one (1), first things (1), first time (1), foremost (5), leading (2), leading man (1), leading men (5), outer (3), previous (1).

STRONGS NT 4413: πρ?το?

πρ?το?, πρ?τη, πρ?τον (superlative of πρ?, contracted from προατο?, whence the Doric πρατ??; the comparitive πρ?τερο? see in its place) (from Homer down), the Sept. for ??????? and often for ????? and ?????, first;

1. either in time or place, in any succession of things or of persons;

a. absolutely (i. e. without a noun) and substantively; α. with the article: ? πρ?το? κα? ? ?σχατο?, i. e. the eternal One, Revelation 1:17; Revelation 2:8; Revelation 22:13; ? πρ?το?, namely, τ?ν κεκλημ?νων, Luke 14:18; the first of two (cf. Winers Grammar, § 35, 4 N. 1; (Buttmann, 32 (28))), John 19:32; 1 Corinthians 14:30; plural opposed to ο? ?σχατοι, Matthew 20:16, on which see ?σχατο?, 2 a. Neuter τ? πρ?τον, opposed to τ? δε?τερον, Hebrews 10:9; τ? πρ?τα, opposed to τ? ?σχατα, one's first state, Matthew 12:45; Luke 11:26; 2 Peter 2:20; the first order of things, Revelation 21:4. β. without the article: Matthew 10:2 (πρ?το?, namely, of the apostles to be mentioned); plural, Matthew 19:30; Mark 10:31; Luke 13:30 (on the meaning of which three passages, see ?σχατο?, 2 a.); neuter ?ν πρ?τοι? (A. V. first of all), among the first things delivered to you by me, 1 Corinthians 15:3.

b. where it agrees with some substantive; α. anarthrous, and in place of an adjective: πρ?τη (namely, ?μ?ρα) σαββ?του, on the first day of the week, Mark 16:9; φυλακ?, opposed to δευτ?ρ?, Acts 12:10; as a predicate Luke 2:2 (on which cf. Winers Grammar, § 35, 4 N. 1; (Buttmann, § 127, 31)). where it is added to the subject or the object of the verb (and we often use an adverb; Winers Grammar, § 54, 2; (Buttmann, § 123, 9)): ε?ρ?σκει ο?το? πρ?το?, John 1:41(42) (where L Tr WH πρ?τον); add, John 8:7; John 20:4, 8; Acts 27:43; Romans 10:19; 1 Timothy 1:16; 1 John 4:19; opposed to ε?τα, 1 Timothy 2:13 πρ?το? ?μβ??, John 5:4 (the article belongs to ?μβ?? (G T Tr WH omit the passage)); but Acts 26:23 πρ?το? ?ξ ?ναστ?σεω? νεκρ?ν is to be translated as the first. By a later Greek usage it is put where πρ?τερο? might have been expected with the genitive (cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 717; Passow, under the word πρ?τερο?, B. I. 2 c. ii, p. 1243a; (Liddell and Scott, ibid. B. I. 4 c.); Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, ii., 420f; Winers Grammar, § 35, 4 N. 1; Buttmann, § 123, 14): πρ?το? μου ?ν, John 1:15, 30 (ο? πρ?τοι μου τα?τα ?νιχνευσαντε?, Aelian nat. anim. 8, 12). β. with the article: (? (?, τ?) πρ?το? (πρ?τη, πρ?τον), in a series which is so complete, either in fact or in thought, that other members are conceived of as following the first in regular order; as, τ?ν πρ?τον λ?γον, Acts 1:1; add, Mark 14:12; 2 Timothy 4:16; Revelation 4:1, 7; Revelation 13:12, etc.; (opposed to ? ?σχατο?), ? πρ?το? πλ?νη, Matthew 27:64; add, Matthew 20:8, 10, 16; 1 Corinthians 15:45, etc.; also 'the first' of two, where Latin usage requires and the Vulg. ordinarily employs prior (cf. Winers Grammar (and Buttmann), as above): Matthew 21:28, 31 (L Tr WH ?στερο?); ?λλου? δο?λου? πλε?ονα? τ?ν πρ?των, Matthew 21:36; ? πρ?τη διαθ?κη, Hebrews 8:7, 13; Hebrews 9:15, 18; ? πρ?τη, namely, διαθ?κη, Hebrews 9:1 G L T Tr WH; σκην?, Hebrews 9:1 Rec., 2, 6, 8; ? πρ?τη γ?, ? πρ?το? ο?ραν??, Revelation 21:1; ?ν?στασι?, Revelation 20:5, 6; ?νθρωπο? 1 Corinthians 15:47; followed by ? δε?τερο?, τρ?το?, etc.: Matthew 22:25; Mark 12:20; Luke 19:16; Luke 20:29; Revelation 8:7; Revelation 16:2; Revelation 21:19; followed by ?τερο?, Luke 16:5; ? πρ?το?, equivalent to the former, previous, pristine: τ?ν πρ?την π?στιν, the faith which they formerly plighted, 1 Timothy 5:12; ? πρ?τη ?γ?πη, Revelation 2:4; τ? πρ?τα ?ργα, Revelation 2:5.

2. first in rank, influence, honor; chief; principal: without the article, and absolutely, πρ?το? chief (opposed to δο?λο?), Matthew 20:27; Mark 10:44; opposed to ?σχατο? and δι?κονο?, Mark 9:35; added to a noun, principal, ?ντολ?, Matthew 22:38; Mark 12:30 (T WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets the clause); Ephesians 6:2; with a partitive genitive, Mark 12:28, 29 (see π??, II. 2 b. γ.); 1 Timothy 1:15; with the article, Luke 15:22; Acts 17:4; ο? πρ?τοι τ?? Γαλιλα?α?, the chief men of Galilee, Mark 6:21: το? λαο?, Luke 19:47; τ?? π?λεω?, Acts 13:50; τ?ν ?ουδα?ων, Acts 25:2; Acts 28:17; τ?? ν?σου, Acts 28:7 (cf. Lewin, St. Paul, ii., p. 208f, but see Π?πλιο?).

3. neuter πρ?τον as adverb, first, at the first;

a. in order of time: Luke 10:5; John 18:13; Acts 11:26 (here T Tr WH πρ?τω?, which see); followed by ε?τα, ?πειτα, or δε?τερον, Mark 4:28; 1 Corinthians 15:46; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; 1 Timothy 3:10; followed by μετ? τα?τα Mark 16:9 cf. Mark 16:12; the first time, opposed to ?ν τ? δευτ?ρ? (the second time), Acts 7:12, 13; τ? πρ?τον κα?, first and also (or afterward), i. e. as well as, Romans 1:16 (but here L Tr marginal reading WH brackets πρ?τον); ; without τ?, 2 Corinthians 8:5; 2 Timothy 1:5; first i. e. before anything else is done; first of all: Matthew 6:33; Luke 12:1; John 7:51 L Tr WH; Romans 1:8; 1 Timothy 5:4; 2 Peter 1:20; 2 Peter 3:3; πρ?τον π?ντων, 1 Timothy 2:1. first, i. e. before something else: Matthew 8:21; Mark 7:27; Mark 9:11, 12; Luke 11:38; Luke 14:28; Romans 15:24; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; 1 Peter 4:17, etc.; before other nations, Acts 3:26; Acts 13:46; before others (R. V. the first to partake etc.), 2 Timothy 2:6; followed by τ?τε or κα? τ?τε, Matthew 5:24; Matthew 7:5; Matthew 12:29; Mark 3:27; Luke 6:42; John 2:10 (T WH omit; L Tr brackets τ?τε); ?μ? πρ?τον ?μ?ν (Tdf. omits ?μ?ν) me before it hated you, John 15:18 (see 1 b. ?.). τ? πρ?τον. at the first, i. e. at the time when one did a thing for the first time: John 10:40; John 12:16; John 19:39.

b. in enumerating several particulars; first, then, etc.: Romans 3:2; 1 Corinthians 11:18; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Hebrews 7:2; James 3:17.

first, beginning, best, chief

Contracted superlative of pro; foremost (in time, place, order or importance) -- before, beginning, best, chief(-est), first (of all), former.

see GREEK pro

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