G4413 πρῶτος (prōtos) — first

Lexical Definition

Strong's Greek G4413

foremost (in time, place, order or importance)

KJV usage: :--before, beginning, best, chief(-est), first (of all), former.

Etymology: contracted superlative of ;

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

first in time, order, etc., Mt. 10:2; 26:17; first in dignity, importance, etc., chief, principal, most important, Mk. 6:21; Lk. 19:47; Acts 13:50; 16:12; as an equivalent to the compar. πρότερος (G4754), prior, Jn. 1:5, 30; 15:18; Mt. 27:64; adverbially, first, Jn. 1:42; 5:4; 8:7

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Matthew 5:24 Matthew 6:33 Matthew 7:5 Matthew 8:21 Matthew 10:2 Matthew 12:29 Matthew 12:45 Matthew 13:30 Matthew 17:10 Matthew 17:27 Matthew 19:30 Matthew 20:8 Matthew 20:10 Matthew 20:16 Matthew 20:27 + 133 more →

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