verb

Greekπρωτεύω (prōteuō)

Biblang

prōteuamō

Strong’sG4409

I have preeminence, am chief

stem prōteu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

πρωτεύω

(< πρῶτος), [in LXX: Es 5:11, II Mac 6:18 13:15*;]

to be first, pre-eminent, have the first place: Col 1:18.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4409 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidprote-yoo'-o

to be first (in rank or influence)

Fromfrom G4413;

King Jameshave the preeminence.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

πρωτεύω,
(πρῶτος) to be the first, hold first place, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ πρωτεύοντες the primates or chief men in a city, Refs 5th c.BC+; hold position of πρῶτος (which see), Refs; π. τοῦ ἔθνους Refs
II with a modal word added, to be first in a thing, καρτερίᾳ Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν τούτοις (i.e. ἐπιτηδεύμασιν) Refs
II.2 with genitive person, to be first of or among, Ἑλλήνων Refs; τῶν ῥητόρων Refs 5th c.BC+
III ={προτερέω}, excel, π. τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ταῖς κυνηγεσίαις Refs 1st c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

have first place1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
prōteuarōntosπρωτεύων	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine	have first place	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	prōteuamō	prōteuame	prōteuami	prōteuama	prōteuamē	prōteuamelē
you 2nd person singular	prōteuasō	prōteuase	prōteuasi	prōteuasa	prōteuasē	prōteuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	prōteuatō	prōteuate	prōteuati	prōteuata	prōteuatē	prōteuatelē
we 1st person plural	prōteuanō	prōteuane	prōteuani	prōteuana	prōteuanē	prōteuanelē
ye 2nd person plural	prōteuavō	prōteuave	prōteuavi	prōteuava	prōteuavē	prōteuavelē
they 3rd person plural	prōteualō	prōteuale	prōteuali	prōteuala	prōteualē	prōteualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	prōteuameiō	prōteuameia	prōteuameiē
you 2nd person singular	prōteuaseiō	prōteuaseia	prōteuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	prōteuateiō	prōteuateia	prōteuateiē
we 1st person plural	prōteuaneiō	prōteuaneia	prōteuaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	prōteuaveiō	prōteuaveia	prōteuaveiē
they 3rd person plural	prōteualeiō	prōteualeia	prōteualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	prōteuasōr	prōteuasar	prōteuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	prōteuatōr	prōteuatar	prōteuatēr
ye 2nd person plural	prōteuavōr	prōteuavar	prōteuavēr
they 3rd person plural	prōteualōr	prōteualar	prōteualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	prōteuamoiō	prōteuamoia
you 2nd person singular	prōteuasoiō	prōteuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	prōteuatoiō	prōteuatoia
we 1st person plural	prōteuanoiō	prōteuanoia
ye 2nd person plural	prōteuavoiō	prōteuavoia
they 3rd person plural	prōteualoiō	prōteualoia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	prōteuarō	prōteuari	prōteuara	prōteuarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	prōteuarōntos1×πρωτεύων	prōteuarintos	prōteuarantos	prōteuarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

prōteustem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

prōteu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

prōteuarōntos“have first place”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×

Colossians 1:18“have first place”… nekroiu, hina geneteia en pantei autos prōteuarōntos,… among the dead, so that in all things He may have …