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πρῶτον

prōtonfirstHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentAdverb58 occurrences16 books58 verses

Definition

πρῶτον, πρῶτος, see: πρότερος

A. Compar., πρότερος, -α, -ον,

[in LXX for רִאשׁוֹן ,לִפָנִים, etc. ;]

before, of time, place, rank, etc.; in NT always of Time, before, former: Ephesians 4:22. Adverbially, πρότερον, before, aforetime, formerly: John 7:50, 2 Corinthians 1:15, Hebrews 4:6; opposite to ἔπειτα, Hebrews 7:27; τὸ π., John 6:62; 9:8, Galatians 4:13, 1 Timothy 1:13; αἱ π. ἡμέραι, Hebrews 10:32; αἱ π. ἐπιθυμίαι, 1 Peter 1:14.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as πρῶτον:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

58 total
  1. Matthew 5:24πρῶτον · First
    …leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
  2. Matthew 6:33πρῶτον · first
    But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
  3. Matthew 7:5πρῶτον · First
    You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
  4. Matthew 8:21πρῶτον · first
    Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
  5. Matthew 12:29πρῶτον · {he} first
    Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
  6. Matthew 13:30πρῶτον · First
    Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
  7. Matthew 17:10πρῶτον · first
    The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
  8. Matthew 17:27πρῶτον · first
    “But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
  9. Matthew 23:26πρῶτον · First
    Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
  10. Mark 3:27πρῶτον
    Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
  11. Mark 4:28πρῶτον · first
    All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
  12. Mark 7:27πρῶτον · First
    “First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
  13. Mark 9:11πρῶτον · first
    And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
  14. Mark 9:12πρῶτον · first
    He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?
  15. Mark 13:10πρῶτον · first
    And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.
  16. Mark 16:9πρῶτον · first
    Early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons.
  17. Luke 6:42πρῶτον · First
    How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
  18. Luke 9:59πρῶτον · first
    Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
  19. Luke 9:61πρῶτον · first
    Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
  20. Luke 10:5πρῶτον · begin
    Whatever house you enter, begin by saying, ‘Peace to this house.’
  21. Luke 11:38πρῶτον
    But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
  22. Luke 12:1πρῶτον · first
    In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
  23. Luke 14:28πρῶτον · first
    Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
  24. Luke 14:31πρῶτον
    Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
  25. Luke 17:25πρῶτον · first
    But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
  26. Luke 21:9πρῶτον · first
    When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”
  27. John 1:41πρῶτον · first
    He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
  28. John 2:10πρῶτον · first
    …and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
  29. John 7:51πρῶτον · first
    “Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
  30. John 15:18πρῶτον · [first]
    If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
  31. John 18:13πρῶτον
    They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.
  32. Acts 3:26πρῶτον · first
    When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
  33. Acts 7:12πρῶτον · [on their] first [visit]
    When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
  34. Acts 13:46πρῶτον · first
    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
  35. Acts 15:14πρῶτον · first
    Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
  36. Acts 26:20πρῶτόν · First
    First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
  37. Romans 1:8Πρῶτον · First
    First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
  38. Romans 1:16πρῶτον · first
    I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
  39. Romans 2:9πρῶτον · first
    There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
  40. Romans 2:10πρῶτον · for the Jew
    …but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.
  41. Romans 3:2πρῶτον · First of all
    Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
  42. Romans 15:24πρῶτον
    I hope to see you on my way to Spain. And after I have enjoyed your company for a while, you can equip me for my journey.
  43. 1 Corinthians 11:18πρῶτον · First of all
    First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
  44. 1 Corinthians 12:28πρῶτον · first of all
    And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.
  45. 1 Corinthians 15:46πρῶτον · first
    The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
  46. 2 Corinthians 8:5πρῶτον · first
    And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, through the will of God.
  47. 1 Thessalonians 4:16πρῶτον
    For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
  48. 2 Thessalonians 2:3πρῶτον
    Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
  49. 1 Timothy 2:1πρῶτον · First
    First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
  50. 1 Timothy 3:10πρῶτον
    Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.