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

  • καὶ Ἄβελ ἤνεγκε καὶ αὐτὸσ ἀπὸ τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν προβάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν στεάτων αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐπεῖδεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἐπί Ἄβελ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖσ δώροισ αὐτοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:4)
  • ἡνίκα δὲ ἐσκλήρυνε Φαραὼ ἐξαποστεῖλαι ἡμᾶσ, ἀπέκτεινε πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ, ἀπὸ πρωτοτόκων ἀνθρώπων ἕωσ πρωτοτόκων κτηνῶν. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐγὼ θύω πᾶν διανοῖγον μήτραν, τὰ ἀρσενικά, τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ πᾶν πρωτότοκον τῶν υἱῶν μου λυτρώσομαι. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 13:15)
  • καὶ λήψῃ τοὺσ Λευίτασ ἐμοί, ἐγὼ Κύριοσ, ἀντὶ πάντων τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τὰ κτήνη τῶν Λευιτῶν ἀντὶ πάντων τῶν πρωτοτόκων ἐν τοῖσ κτήνεσι τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 3:41)

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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