prōtotokos · firstborn

What it means

prōtotokos (πρωτότοκος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “firstborn”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The eldest son; Jesus, foremost of all.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• Romans×1
• Colossians×2
• Hebrews×3
• Revelation×1

• Luke 2:7

  And she gave birth to her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the guest room.

• Romans 8:29

  because those whom he foreknew he also destined beforehand to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers;

• Colossians 1:15

  He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation,

• Colossians 1:18

  And he is the head of the body, the assembly. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may come to be first in all things,

• Hebrews 1:6

  And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says: And let all God’s angels worship him.

• Hebrews 11:28

  By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them.

• Hebrews 12:23

  and to the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in the heavens, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

• Revelation 1:5

  and from Jesus the Messiah, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood,