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Koine Greek wordlink #39114

SR GNT Luke 2:7 πρωτότοκον (prōtotokon) ‘the son of her firstborn and swaddled him’ Strongs=44160 Lemma=prōtotokos
Word role=adjective case=accusative gender=masculine number=singular

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Only use of identical word form πρωτότοκον (A-AMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘πρωτότοκον’ (A-AMS) is always and only glossed as ‘firstborn’.

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

Greek words (7) other than πρωτότοκον (A-AMS) with a gloss related to ‘firstborn’

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

COL 1:15 πρωτότοκος (prōtotokos) S-NMS ‘of the god invisible the firstborn of all creation’ SR GNT Col 1:15 word 9

COL 1:18 πρωτότοκος (prōtotokos) S-NMS ‘is the beginning firstborn from the dead’ SR GNT Col 1:18 word 15

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

REV 1:5 πρωτότοκος (prōtotokos) S-NMS ‘witness faithful the firstborn of the dead and’ SR GNT Rev 1:5 word 10

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