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Koine Greek wordlink #133818

SR GNT Col 1:18 πρωτότοκος (prōtotokos) ‘is the beginning firstborn from the dead’ Strongs=44160 Lemma=prōtotokos
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular

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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 1:15 ‘of the god invisible the firstborn of all creation’ SR GNT Col 1:15 word 9

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

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

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

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

HEB 11:28 πρωτότοκα (prōtotoka) S-ANP ‘the one destroying the firstborn may touch of them’ SR GNT Heb 11:28 word 16

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

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