πρῶτος, -7, -ov, (super. of πρό, contr. fr. πρόατος, whence the Doric πρᾶτος ; the compar. πρότερος see in its place), [fr. Hom. down], Sept. for }}W8 and often for ἽΝ and wer, first; 1. either in time or place, in any succession of things or of persons; a. absolutely (i. e. without a noun) and substantively ; a. with the article: ὁ πρῶτος καὶ 6 ἔσχατος, i. 6. the eternal One, Rev. i. 17; ii. 8; xxii. 13; ὁ πρῶτος, sc. τῶν κεκλημένων, Lk. xiv. 18; the first of two (cf. W. § 35, 4 Ν. 1: [B. 32 (28}7), Jn. xix. 32; 1 Co. xiv. 30; plur. opp. to οἱ ἔσχαtot, Mt. xx. 16, on which see ἔσχατος. 3 ἃ. Neut. τὸ πρῶτον, opp. to τὸ δεύτερον, Heb. x. 9; τὰ πρῶτα, opp. to τὰ ἔσχατα, one’s first state, Mt. xii. 45; Lk. xi. 26; 2 Pet. ii. 20; the first order of things, Rey. xxi. 4. B. without the article: Mt. x. 2 (πρῶτος, sc. of the apostles to be mentioned); plur., Mt. xix. 80; Mk. x. 31; Lk. xiii. 30, (on the meaning of which three pass. see ἔσχαTos, 2a.); neut. ev πρώτοις, [A. V. first of all], among the first things delivered to you by me, 1 Co. xv. 3. b. where it agrees with some substantive; a. anarthrous, and in place of an adjective: πρώτῃ (sc. ἡμέρᾳ) σαββάτου, on the first day of the week, Mk. xvi. 9; φυλακή, opp. to δευτέρα, Acts xii. 10; as a pred. Lk. 1i. 2 (on which cf. W. § 35, 4 N. 1; [B. §127, 31]). where it is added to the subject or the object of the verb (and we often use an adv.; W. § 54, 2; [B. §123, 9]): εὑρίσκει οὗτος πρῶτος, Jn. i. 41 (42) (where L Tr WH πρῶτον) ; add, Jn. viii. 7; xx. 4, 8; Acts xxvii. 43; Ro. x. 19; 1 Tim. i. 16; 1 Jn. iv. 19; opp. to εἶτα, 1 Tim. ii. 13; ὁ πρῶτος ἐμβάς, Jn. v. 4 (the art. belongs to ἐμβάς [G T Tr WH om. the pass.]); but Acts xxvi. 23 πρῶτος ἐξ avaστάσεως νεκρῶν is to be translated as the first. By a later Grk. usage it is put where πρότερος might have been expected with the gen. (ef. Herm. ad Vig. p. 717; Passow 8. v. πρότερος, B. I. 2 c. ii. p. 1243"; [L. and S. ibid. B. 1. 4e.]; Fritzsche, Ep. ad Rom. ii. 420 sq.; W. 8 35, 4 N.1; B. § 123, 14): πρῶτός pov ἦν, In. i. 15, 30. (οἱ πρῶτοί μου ταῦτα ἀνιχνεύσαντες, Ael. nat. anim. 8, 12). B. with the article: 6 (7, τό,) πρῶτος (-n, -ov,), 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, τὸν πρῶτον λόγον, Acts i. 1; add, Mk. xiv. 12; 2 Tim. iv. 16; Rev. iv. 1, 7; xiii. 12, ete.; (opp. to ὁ ἔσχατος), ἡ mp. πλάνη, Mt. xxvii. 64; add, Mt. xx. 8, 10,16; 1 Co. xv. 45, ete.; also ‘the first” of two, where Lat. usage requires and the Vulg. ordinarily employs prior (cf. W. [and B.] u. s.): Mt. xxi. 28, 31 [L Tr WH ὕστερος ; ἄλλους δούλους πλείοvas τῶν πρώτων, Mt. xxi. 36; ἡ πρώτη διαθήκη, Heb. viii. 7,13; ix. 15, 18; ἡ πρώτη, se. διαθήκη, Heb. ix. 1 GLT Tr WH; σκηνή, Heb. ix. 1 Rec., 2, 6,8; ἡ mp. γῆ; ὁ mp. οὐρανός, Rey. xxi. 1; ἀνάστασις, Rev. xx.5,6; ἄνθρωπος, 1 Co. χν. 47; foll. by ὁ δεύτερος, τρίτος, etc.: Mt. xxii. 25; Mk. xii. 20; Lk. xix. 16; xx. 29; Rev. viii. 7; xvi. 2; xxi. 19; foll. by ἕτερος, Lk. xvi. 5; ὁ πρῶτος, i. q. the former, previous, pristine: τὴν πρώτην πίστιν, the faith which they formerly plighted, 1 Tim. v. 12; ἡ πρώτη ἀγάπη, Rey. ii. 4; ra mp. ἔργα, ibid. 5. 2. first in rank, influence, honor; chief; principal: without the art., and absol., πρῶτος chief, (opp. to δοῦλος), Mt. xx. 27; Mk. x. 44; opp. to ἔσχατος and διάκονος, Mk. ix. 35; added to a noun, principal, ἐντολή, Mt. xxii. 838; Mk. xii. 30 [T WH om. Trmrg. br. the cl.]; Eph. vi. 2; with a partitive gen., Mk. xii. 28, 29, [see πᾶς, II. 2 Ὁ. y.]; 1 Tim. i. 15; with the art., Lk. xv. 22; Acts xvii. 4; of πρῶτοι τῆς Ταλιλαίας, the chief men of Galilee, Mk. vi. 21; του λαοῦ, Lk. xix. 47; τῆς πόλεως, Acts xiii. 50; TT Pp@TOTOKOS τῶν "Iovdaiwy, Acts xxv. 2; xxviii. 17; τῆς νήσου, Acts xxvili. 7 [ef. Lewin, St. Paul, ii. p. 208 sq., but see Πόπλιος. 3. neut. πρῶτον as adv., first, αἱ the first; a. in order of time: Lk. x. 5; Jn. xviii. 13; Acts xi. 26 [here T Tr WH πρώτως, q. v-]; foll. by εἶτα, ἔπειτα, or δεύτερον, Mk. iv. 28; 1 Co. xv. 46; 1 Th.iv.16; 1 Tim. iii. 10; foll. by pera ταῦτα, Mk. xvi. 9 cf. 12; the first lime, Opp. to ev τῷ δευτέρῳ (the second time), Acts vii. 12,13; τὲ πρῶτον καί, first and also (or afterwards), i.e. as well as, Ro. i. 16 [but here L Tr mrg. WH br. mp-]; ii. 9,10; without τέ, 2 Co. viii. 5; 2 Tim. i. 5. Jirst i. e. before anything else is done; first of all: Mt. vi. 33; Lk. xii. 1; Jn. vil. 51 LT TrWH; Ro.i. 8; 1 Tim. ν. 4; 2 Pet. i. 20; iii. 3; πρῶτον πάντων, 1 Tim. ii. 1. firsti.e. before something else: Mt. viii. 21; Mk. vii. 27; ix. 11,12; Lk. xi. 38; xiv. 28; Ro. xv. 24; 2 Th. ii. 3; 1 Pet. iv. 17, ete.; before other nations, Acts iii. 26; xiii. 46; before others [R.V. the first to partake ete.],2 Tim. 11. 6; foll. by τότε or καὶ τότε, Mt. v. 24; vii. 5; xii. 29; Mk. ili. 27; Lk. vi.42; Jn. ii. 10 [T WH om. 1, Trbr. τότε]; ἐμὲ πρῶτον ὑμῶν [Tdf. om. ip.] me before it hated you, Jn. xv. 18 (see 1 b.a.). τὸ πρῶτον, αἱ the first i.e. at the time when one did a thing for the first time: Jn. x. 40; xii. 16; xix. 39. b. in enumerating several particulars; first. then, ete.: Ro. iii. 25 1 Co. xi. 18; xii. 28; Heb. vii. 2; Jas. iii. 17.

πρῶτος. In the LXX regularly (Thackeray Gr. i. p. 183) and in the Kow7y frequently, especially in the Ptolemaic period, πρῶτος stands for πρότερος, so reversing the usual Hellenistic rule that the comparative does duty for both degrees of comparison. For an ex. almost contemporary with the NT we may cite P Oxy II. 2979 (A.D. 54), where a man asks for information for a supplementary return of lambs born since the first or former return for the year had been made— παρὰ τὴν πρώτην ἀπογραφήν. No stress can, therefore, be laid on the use of πρῶτος in Ac 1, as if Luke meant to write a third treatise (cf. Ramsay Paz/, p. 28). To illustrate Jn 125, 1518, we may quote P Leid W*# 49 τερον ἀντέστη αὐτῷ, λέγων᾽ σοῦ πρῶτός εἶμι, “‘ prior sum quam tu.” Abbott (ολ. Gr. p. 510f.) suggests that the Leiden papyrus may have been dependent on Jn 1, and translates the latter passage ‘‘my Chief” (76. p. 11 ff.), but see Moulton (Pro/eg. pp. 79, 245) in support of the ordinary rendering ‘‘ before me.” That πρώτη in Ac 16! is not to be understood geographically (as Lightfoot PAz/ippians® p. 49) but politically has been made clear by Ramsay in C. and B. ii. p. 429 (cf. Paul, p. 206f.) in connexion with the rivalries of Greek cities to be regarded as “first” or ‘‘ chief” of their respective districts. For the suggestion that the true reading in Ac ἄς. is not πρώτη but πρώτης, see Field Mores, p. 124, Blass Philology p. 67 ff. In P HibT. 1107? (c. B.c. 255) (= Chrest. I. p. 5r4) a certain Phoenix is described as τῶν πρώτων Ἐϊσοπί.].. ., “one of the first company of E . . .,” and the editors compare for a similar military title an unpublished Tebtunis papyrus of {ii/B.c.—raév Μενελάου πρώτων ἐκ τοῦ “Eppotroλίτου kal (ἑκατοντάρουρος) : cf. also 7G XIV. 601 cited s.v. Μελίτη. In P Oxy VIII. rror® (a-p. 367-70) παρ᾽ ὀἸλίγων τῶν πρώτων is rendered by the editor ‘‘ from a few first comers,” and in Sy/Z 523 (= %578)!° (ii/B.c.) τὸ πρῶτον ἔργον is used in the sense of the highest class— class I—in connexion with the instruction of youths (see the editor’s note). 7 πρωτως The adverbial πρῶτον is seen in the soldier’s letter to his father BGU II. 423" (ii/a.p.) (= Selections, p. 91) γράψον Hot ἐπιστόλιον πρῶτον μὲν περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας σου, δεύτερον περὶ τῆς τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου, and τὸ πρῶτον, as in Jn τοῦῦ αἱ, in P Oxy IV. 811 (c. A.D. 1) καὶ τὸ πρῶτον ἔγρ[αψά colt εὐχαριστῶν “Epptarrov (/. “Hpylrmw), where the meaning is either ‘‘at the first’ or ‘‘earlier’’ (= πρότερον), see Olsson Papyrusbriefe, p. 53. For the double superlative πρώτιστος cf. P Eleph τοῦ (B.C. 223-2) ἀπὸ τοῦ πρωτίστου χρόνου, and BGU II. 6654-16 (i/a.p.) ὅτι πρώτι[στα λαμβάνει (sc. ὀψώνιον), and see Proleg. p. 236. In BGU III. 830% (i/a.p.) ἐγὼ yap ἔχω τὸ προτερ[ικό]ν (1. πρωτερικόν), Herwerden understands πρωτερικόν as = ““ praeoptatio,” ‘‘ praerogativa (?,”) but cf. Olsson Papyrusbriefe p. 198.

πρῶτον (prōton) — first. πρῶτος, η, ον, see at {πρότερος} [Refs 5th c.BC+]