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ἐκκλησίᾳ πρωτοτόκων

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

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ἐκκλησία G1577 assembly
Pronunciation ekklēsía
Called-out assembly of Christians, both local congregations and the universal body of Christ.
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πρωτότοκος G4416 first-born (usually as noun, literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation prōtótokos
Denotes supremacy and priority, not merely birth order; applied metaphorically to Christ's preeminence over creation.
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What does ἐκκλησίᾳ πρωτοτόκων (ekklēsia prōtotokōn) mean in the Bible?

ἐκκλησία · πρωτότοκος is a Greek word meaning "assembly of the firstborn".

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Meaning

assembly of the firstborn
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Acts 9:31 · Acts 19:32 · 1 Cor 14:5 · 1 Cor 14:23 · Eph 5:24 · Phil 4:15 · Col 1:24 · 1 Tim 3:15 · 1 Tim 5:16 9×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Acts 16:5 · Rom 16:4 · Rom 16:16 · 1 Cor 11:16 · 1 Cor 16:19 · Rev 1:20 · Rev 2:23 7×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 18:17 · Acts 11:22 · Acts 12:1 · Acts 12:5 · Acts 15:3 · Acts 15:4 · Acts 20:17 · Rom 16:1 · Rom 16:23 · 1 Cor 11:22 · 1 Cor 14:12 · Eph 3:10 · Eph 5:23 · Col 1:18 · 1 Tim 3:5 · Heb 2:12 26×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine 2 Cor 8:18 · 2 Cor 8:19 · 2 Cor 8:23 · 2 Cor 8:24 · 2 Cor 11:28 · 1 Thess 2:14 · Rev 1:20 7×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 18:17 · Acts 7:38 · Acts 11:26 · Acts 15:22 · Acts 19:39 · 1 Cor 1:2 · 1 Cor 4:17 · 1 Cor 6:4 · 1 Cor 10:32 · 1 Cor 11:18 · 1 Cor 12:28 · 1 Cor 14:19 · 1 Cor 14:28 · 1 Cor 14:35 · 1 Cor 16:19 · 2 Cor 1:1 24×
Dative · Plural · Feminine 1 Cor 7:17 · 1 Cor 14:33 · 1 Cor 14:34 · 1 Cor 16:1 · 2 Cor 8:1 · Gal 1:2 · Gal 1:22 · 2 Thess 1:4 · Rev 1:4 · Rev 1:11 · Rev 2:7 · Rev 2:11 · Rev 2:17 · Rev 2:29 · Rev 3:6 · Rev 3:13 18×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 16:18 · Acts 5:11 · Acts 8:1 · Acts 8:3 · Acts 13:1 · Acts 14:23 · Acts 14:27 · Acts 18:22 · Acts 19:40 · Acts 20:28 · Rom 16:5 · 1 Cor 14:4 · 1 Cor 15:9 · Gal 1:13 · Eph 5:25 · Eph 5:27 20×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Acts 15:41 · 2 Cor 11:8 · 2 Cor 12:13 3×
114 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 12 — The Lord Delivers His Servant and Judges Proud Opposition Acts 19 — The Word of the Lord Grows Mightily in Ephesus Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell Charge to Shepherd the Church of God Acts 5 — Holy Fear, Bold Witness, and Joyful Suffering Colossians 1 — The Supremacy of Christ and the Gospel of Reconciliation Colossians 4 — Prayer, Wise Witness, Faithful Service, and Gospel Fellowship Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 18 — Kingdom Humility, Care for the Little Ones, Discipline, and Forgiveness in Christ’s Community Romans 16 — Gospel Partnership, Holy Greeting, False-Teacher Warning, and Doxology to the God Who Establishes Romans 8 — No Condemnation, Life in the Spirit, and the Unbreakable Love of God in Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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