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Koine Greek wordlink #132798

SR GNT Col 1:15 πρωτότοκος (prōtotokos) ‘of the god invisible the firstborn of all creation’ Strongs=44160 Lemma=prōtotokos
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=64 AD

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Other uses (2) of identical word form πρωτότοκος (S-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πρωτότοκος’ (S-NMS) has 2 different glosses: ‘the firstborn’, ‘firstborn’.

Col 1:18 ‘is the beginning firstborn from the dead’ SR GNT Col 1:18 word 15

OET-LV: 18 And he is the head of _the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, firstborn from the dead, in _order _that he may _become being _first, in all things (COL_1:18)

OET-RV: 18 He is the head of the body which is the assembly. He is the beginning, the first of the dead to come back to life, so that he would be the first in everything, (COL 1:18)

Rev 1:5 ‘witness faithful the firstborn of the dead and’ SR GNT Rev 1:5 word 10

OET-LV: 5 and from Yaʸsous chosen _one /messiah, the witness the faithful, the firstborn of _the dead, and the ruler of _the kings of _the earth. To _the one loving us, and having _released us from the sins of _us in the blood of _him, (REV_1:5)

OET-RV: 5 and from Yeshua the messiah, the faithful witness, the first to come back to life, and the ruler of all the leaders of the nations of the world.
¶ Yeshua loves us and he has released us from our sins by his blood, (REV 1:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘prōtotokos’ have 3 different glosses: ‘the firstborn’, ‘of the firstborn’, ‘firstborn’.

Greek words (5) other than πρωτότοκος (S-NMS) with a gloss related to ‘firstborn’

LUKE 2:7 πρωτότοκον (prōtotokon) A-AMS ‘the son of her firstborn and swaddled him’ SR GNT Luke 2:7 word 7

OET-LV: 7 And she _bore the son of _her the firstborn, and swaddled him, and laid him in a_manger, because was not a_place for _them in the guest _room. (LUK_2:7)

OET-RV: 7 and so Maria bore her first son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and slept him in an empty feeding trough, because they had missed out on the guest room. (LUK 2:7)

ROM 8:29 πρωτότοκον (prōtotokon) S-AMS ‘that to_be him firstborn among many brothers’ SR GNT Rom 8:29 word 16

OET-LV: 29 Because whom he _foreknew, also he _predetermined similar to _the image of _the son of _him, in _order that to _be him firstborn among many brothers. (ROM_8:29)

OET-RV: 29 Because those he foreknew, he also predetermined to be similar to his son’s image, so that his son would become the eldest of many siblings. (ROM 8:29)

HEB 1:6 πρωτότοκον (prōtotokon) S-AMS ‘again he may bring_in his firstborn into the inhabited_world’ SR GNT Heb 1:6 word 7

OET-LV: 6 And whenever again he _may _bring _in his firstborn into the inhabited _world, he _is _saying: And let _prostrate before _him all the_messengers of_god. (HEB_1:6)

OET-RV: 6 Then when God again brings his firstborn son into the world he said:
⇔ ‘Let all of God’s messengers bow down to him.’ (HEB 1:6)

HEB 11:28 πρωτότοκα (prōtotoka) S-ANP ‘the one destroying the firstborn may touch of them’ SR GNT Heb 11:28 word 15

OET-LV: 28 By _faith he _has _made the passover_feast and the sprinkling of _the blood, in _order _that not the one destroying the firstborn may _touch of _them. (HEB_11:28)

OET-RV: 28 By faith, he initiated the Passover Celebration and the sprinkling of blood, so that the one destroying the eldest offspring wouldn’t touch their families. (HEB 11:28)

HEB 12:23 πρωτοτόκων (prōtotokōn) S-GMP ‘and to the assembly of the firstborn having_been registered in the heavens’ SR GNT Heb 12:23 word 3

OET-LV: 23 and to_the_assembly of_the_firstborn, having _been _registered in the_heavens, and to_the_judge god of _all, and to_the_spirits of_the_righteous ones having _been _perfected, (HEB_12:23)

OET-RV: 23 and to the assembly of the eldest sons who have been registered in the heavens, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the people who’ve been declared innocent and who’ve been made perfect, (HEB 12:23)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AMS=accusative,masculine,singular ANP=accusative,neuter,plural GMP=genitive,masculine,plural NMS=nominative,masculine,singular