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πρωτότοκος

MainId: 004317000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4416

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004317001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: adjc.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: πρωτότοκος

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ον

   Constructs: {'Lemma': 'πρωτότοκος', 'BaseFormIndex': 1, 'WordMeaningSets': [{'Word': 'πρωτεύω', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'τίκτω', 'Meanings': []}]}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004317001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 10.43

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Kinship Terms

      LEXSubDomains: Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-07 13:34:34

         DefinitionShort: pertaining to being a firstborn child (normally in contexts speaking of people but also used in reference to domestic animals)

         Glosses: firstborn

         Comments: In Jewish society the rights and responsibilities of being a firstborn son resulted in considerable prestige and status. The firstborn son, for example, received twice as much in inheritance as any other offspring.|The use of πρωτότοκος ‘firstborn’ does not imply in Greek that other children were also born to a woman, though in a number of languages one would never use ‘firstborn’ unless other children followed. Such an individual would be spoken of merely as ‘the only child.’ It is also frequently necessary to employ an appropriate qualifier for ‘firstborn’ in order to mark clearly the fact that it is ‘a firstborn son’ rather than ‘a firstborn daughter.’|The figurative meaning of πρωτότοκος in the messianic title πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως ‘firstborn of all creation’ ({S:05100101500016} may be interpreted as ‘existing before all creation’ (see {D:13.79}) or ‘existing superior to all creation’ (see {D:87.47}).

      LEXReferences: LUKE 2:7, COL 1:15, COL 1:18, HEB 1:6, HEB 11:28, HEB 12:23, REV 1:5

   2. LEXID: 004317001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 13.79

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

      LEXSubDomains: Exist

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-07 13:34:34

         DefinitionShort: pertaining to existing prior to something else

         Glosses: ['existing first', 'existing before']

         Comments: It is possible to understand {L:πρωτότοκος} in {S:05100101500016} as ‘superior in status’ (see {D:87.47}). See also discussion at {D:10.43}.

      LEXReferences: ROM 8:29, COL 1:15

   3. LEXID: 004317001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 87.47

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Status

      LEXSubDomains: High Status or Rank [including persons of high status]

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-02-07 13:34:34

         DefinitionShort: pertaining to being superior to everything else in the same or related class

         Glosses: ['superior to', 'above all']

         Comments: For another interpretation of {L:πρωτότοκος} in {S:05100101500016}, see {D:13.79}; see also discussion at {D:10.43}.

      LEXReferences: ROM 8:29, COL 1:15, COL 1:18