What does ἔσχατος · πρῶτος mean in the Bible?
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Greek · G2078, G4413
ἔσχατοι / πρῶτοι
Farthest, final (of place or time) · foremost (in time, place, order or importance)
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ἔσχατος G2078 farthest, final (of place or time)
Pronunciation éschatos
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πρῶτος G4413 foremost (in time, place, order or importance)
Pronunciation prōtos
Foremost in time, place, or rank; often implies priority or supremacy rather than mere sequence.
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What does ἔσχατοι / πρῶτοι (eschatoi / prōtoi) mean in the Bible?
ἔσχατος · πρῶτος is a Greek phrase meaning "Last / first.".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2078, G4413?
G2078, G4413 is connected to 52 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Last / first.
Source Gloss
Last / first.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 52 Case pattern Nominative (21) Number pattern Singular (22)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 19:30 · Matt 20:12 · Matt 20:16 · Mark 10:31 · Luke 13:30 9×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 9:35 · 1 Cor 15:26 · 1 Cor 15:45 · Rev 1:17 · Rev 2:8 · Rev 22:13 6×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 12:45 · Luke 11:26 · 2 Pet 2:20 3×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 27:64 · 1 John 2:18 3×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 1:8 · Acts 13:47 · Heb 1:2 3×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine 1 Pet 1:20 · Jude 1:18 2×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine 2 Pet 3:3 · Rev 21:9 2×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 20:8 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine John 6:39 · John 6:40 · John 6:44 · John 6:54 · John 7:37 · John 11:24 · John 12:48 · 1 Cor 15:52 8×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 2:17 · 2 Tim 3:1 · Jas 5:3 3×
Word Origins
ἔσχατοι / πρῶτοι is built from this root:
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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain