πρῶτος prōtos

Greek word for “first” · Strong’s G4413 · used 155 times in 148 verses

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Meaning

B. Superl., πρῶτος, -η, -ον;

Senses in the lexicon

• first (134)
• first: best (9)
• first: previous (7)
• first: chief (5)

How it is translated

Glosses given for prōtos in context, with how often each is used:

• first 131
• foremost 4
• before 3
• first? 2
• first day 2
• first was 1
• first room — 1
• first! 1
• best 1
• leading city 1
• leading 1
• chiefs 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Hebrews 9 (6), Matthew 20 (4), 1 Corinthians 15 (4), Revelation 2 (4), Matthew 21 (3), Mark 9 (3), Mark 12 (3), Luke 14 (3), John 1 (3), Revelation 21 (3)

Forms

• πρῶτον 61
• πρῶτος 26
• πρώτη 12
• πρῶτοι 11
• πρώτων 7
• πρώτῃ 6
• πρώτην 6
• πρώτης 5
• πρώτῳ 4
• Πρῶτον 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with prōtos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἔσχατος eschatos “last/least” 16
• τε te “and/both” 12
• δεύτερος deuteros “secondly” 8
• μέν men “on the other hand” 11
• τότε tote “then” 10
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 9
• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 10
• δεῖ dei “be necessary” 7
• ἀπέρχομαι aperchomai “to go away” 7
• ἑπτά hepta “seven” 6
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 9
• ἀφίημι aphiēmi “to release” 7

Key verses

The verses using prōtos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 6:33 — But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
• Acts 3:26 — Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
• Acts 13:46 — Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and…
• Acts 26:20 — But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to…
• Romans 1:16 — For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
• 1 Corinthians 15:3 — For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
• 1 Timothy 1:15 — This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
• Hebrews 9:15 — And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first…
• James 3:17 — But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and…
• 1 Peter 4:17 — For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
• 2 Peter 2:20 — For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and…
• Revelation 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.