Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πρωτοτόκος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πρωτοτόκος

Structure: πρωτοτοκ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: cf. prwto/tokos

Sense

  1. bearing her first-born

Examples

  • Χαναὰν δὲ ἐγέννησε τὸν Σιδῶνα πρωτότοκον αὐτοῦ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:15)
  • τὸν Οὒζ πρωτότοκον καὶ τὸν Βαὺξ ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν Καμουὴλ πατέρα Σύρων (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:21)
  • εἶπα δέ σοι. ἐξαπόστειλον τὸν λαόν μου, ἵνα μοι λατρεύσῃ. εἰ μὲν οὖν μὴ βούλει ἐξαποστεῖλαι αὐτούσ, ὅρα οὖν, ἐγὼ ἀποκτενῶ τὸν υἱόν σου τὸν πρωτότοκον. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 4:23)
  • καὶ τελευτήσει πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, ἀπὸ πρωτοτόκου Φαραώ, ὃσ κάθηται ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου, καὶ ἕωσ πρωτοτόκου τῆσ θεραπαίνησ τῆσ παρὰ τὸν μύλον καὶ ἕωσ πρωτοτόκου παντὸσ κτήνουσ, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 11:5)
  • καί διελεύσομαι ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ταύτῃ καὶ πατάξω πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕωσ κτήνουσ καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ θεοῖσ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ποιήσω τὴν ἐκδίκησιν. ἐγὼ Κύριοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 12:12)

Synonyms

  1. bearing her first-born

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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