Quick Definition
first, before
Strong's Definition
firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
Derivation: neuter of G4413 (πρῶτος) as adverb (with or without G3588 (ὁ));
KJV Usage: before, at the beginning, chiefly (at, at the) first (of all)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
- Original: πρῶτον
- Transliteration: Proton
- Phonetic: pro'-ton
- Definition:
1. first in time or place
a. in any succession of things or persons
2. first in rank
a. influence, honour
b. chief
c. principal
3. first, at the first
- Origin: neuter of G4413 as adverb (with or without G3588 )
- TDNT entry: 20:29,0
- Part(s) of speech: Adverb
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πρῶτον prō ton 60x
an accusative singular neuter form of πρῶτος (G4755) that became solidified in function as an adverb, first in time, in the first place, Mar_4:28 ; Mar_16:9 ;
τὸ πρῶτον , at the first, formerly, Joh_12:16 ; Joh_19:39 ;
first in dignity, importance, etc., befor e all things, Mat_6:33 first.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πρῶτον , πρῶτος , see πρότερος G4387 .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πρῶτον, πρῶτος, see: πρότερος
A. Compar., πρότερος, -α, -ον,
[in LXX for רִאשׁוֹן ,לִפָנִים, etc. ;]
before, of time, place, rank, etc.; in NT always of Time, before, former: Eph.4:22. Adverbially, πρότερον, before, aforetime, formerly: Jhn.7:50, 2Co.1:15, Heb.4:6; opposite to ἔπειτα, Heb.7:27; τὸ π., Jhn.6:62 9:8, Gal.4:13, 1Ti.1:13; αἱ π. ἡμέραι, Heb.10:32; αἱ π. ἐπιθυμίαι, 1Pe.1:14.†
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