adjective

prōtotokos

Greekπρωτότοκος (prōtotokos)

Strong’sG4416

first-born

stem prōtotok-8 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books0 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

firstborn8×

What it means

πρωτότοκος, -ον

(< πρῶτος, τίκτω), [in LXX chiefly for בְּכוֹר;]

first-born: Lk 2:7; pl., He 11:28. Metaph., of the priority of Christ (originally perh. a Messianic title, cf. Ps 88 (89):28, He 1:6; v. ICC on Col 1:15): He 1:6; π. πάσης κτίσεως, Col 1:15; ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, Ro 8:29; π. (ἐκ) τ. νεκρῶν, Col 1:18, Re 1:5; pl., of the elect, ἐκκλησία πρωτοτόκων, He 12:23.†

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

Strong’s G4416 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpro-tot-ok'-os

first-born (usually as noun, literally or figuratively)

Fromfrom G4413 and the alternate of G5088;

King Jamesfirstbegotten(-born).

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	prōtotokos	prōtotokas	prōtotokem	prōtotokois	prōtotokais	prōtotokeim
object accusative	prōtotokon	prōtotokan		prōtotokoin	prōtotokain
direct address vocative	prōtotokor	prōtotokar		prōtotokoir	prōtotokair
of, belonging to genitive	prōtotokou	prōtotokau	prōtotokeu	prōtotokoiu	prōtotokaiu	prōtotokeiu
to, for dative	prōtotoko	prōtotoka	prōtotoke	prōtotokoi	prōtotokai	prōtotokei

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

prōtotokstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

prōtotok 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

8 occurrences, every one of them listed

prōtotokon3×

Luke 2:7“firstborn”kai tiktata ton huion autau ton prōtotokon, kai sparganata auton kai anaklinata auton en fatna, dioti ouk ate autoi topos en te katalume.And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Romans 8:29“firstborn”hoti hoin prognōskata, kai proorizata summorfoin tau eikōnau tou huiou autou, eis tem arō auton prōtotokon en polloi adelfoi;For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

Hebrews 1:6“firstborn”hotan de palin eisagateia ton prōtotokon eis tan oikoumenan, legatō; Kai proskunalar auto pantois angelois theou.And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”

prōtotokos3×

Colossians 1:15“firstborn”hos atō eikōnas tou theou tou aoratou, prōtotokos pantau ktisiau,The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

Colossians 1:18“firstborn”kai autos atō tas kefalas teu sōmeu tau ekklēsau; hos atō archas, prōtotokos ek toiu nekroiu, hina gineteia en pantei autos prōteuarōtos,And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

Revelation 1:5“firstborn”kai apo Iēsu Christou, tos marturos tos pistos, tos prōtotokos toiu nekroiu kai tos archōnos toiu basilevoiu tau gēau. To agaparōto nin kai luarato nin ek taiu hamartaiu nu en te haime autouand from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,

prōtotokeim1×

Hebrews 11:28“firstborn”pistia poiatē tem pascha kai tan proschusian teu haimeu, hina mē tos olothreuarōtos teim prōtotokeim thinganateia autoiu.By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

prōtotokoiu1×

Hebrews 12:23“firstborn”kai ekklēsa prōtotokoiu apografirētoiu en ouranoi, kai krito theo pantoiu, kai pneumei dikaioiu teleiirētoiu,in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,