Prōtótokos — G4416

Definition

adjective

first-born (usually as noun, literally or figuratively)

1. properly
2. tropically Christ is called πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως , who came into being through God prior to the entire universe of created things (R. V. the firstborn of all creation)

Usually translated as

firstborn, firstbegotten

Origin

from G4413 and the alternate of G5088

• prōtos (G4413)
• tíktō (G5088)

Occurrences

Prōtótokos occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Luke (1), Romans (1), Colossians (2), Hebrews (3), Revelation (1)

• Matthew 1:25 — And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn (πρωτότοκον) son: and he called his name JESUS.
• Luke 2:7 — And she brought forth her firstborn (πρωτότοκον) 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 (πρωτότοκον) among many brethren.
• Colossians 1:15 — Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn (πρωτότοκος) of every creature:
• Colossians 1:18 — And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn (πρωτότοκος) from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
• Hebrews 1:6 — And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten (πρωτότοκον) 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 (πρωτότοκα) should touch them.
• Hebrews 12:23 — To the general assembly and church of the firstborn (πρωτοτόκων), 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 (πρωτότοκος) 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,