noun · neuter
prōtotokiem
Greekπρωτοτόκια (prōtotokia)
Strong’sG4415
the birthright
stem prōtotoki-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† πρωτοτόκια, -ων, τά
(< πρωτότοκος), [in LXX (with v.l. -εῖα, -εία): Ge 25:31 ff. 27:36, De 21:17, I Ch 5:1 (בְּכוֹרָה)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4415 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpro-tot-ok'-ee-ah
primogeniture (as a privilege)
Fromfrom G4416;
King Jamesbirthright.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | prōtotokiem | prōtotokieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | prōtotokieu | prōtotokieiu |
| to, for dative | prōtotokie | prōtotokiei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
prōtotokie 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
prōtotokieim1×
Hebrews 12:16“birthright”mē tinos pornos ē bebēlos hōs Ēsau, hos anti brōsiau henau apodōeta teim prōtotokieim heautou.See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.