What does πρῶτον (prōton) mean in the Bible?
πρῶτον (prōton) is a Greek word meaning "firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)".
Greek · G4412
πρῶτον
Firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
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πρῶτον G4412
Pronunciation prōton
What does πρῶτον (prōton) mean in the Bible?
πρῶτον (prōton) is a Greek word meaning "firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4412?
The BSB source-word alignment has 58 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include First (37), . . . (7), First of all (3), vvv (2), [first] (1).
Where does πρῶτον (prōton) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 5:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (10), Matthew (9), Mark (7), Romans (6).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It First 37× Matthew 5:24, Matthew 6:33, Matthew 7:5, Matthew 8:21
. . . 7× Luke 11:38, Luke 14:31, John 18:13, Romans 15:24
First of all 3× Romans 3:2, 1 Corinthians 11:18, 1 Corinthians 12:28
vvv 2× Mark 3:27, 2 Thessalonians 2:3
[first] 1× John 15:18
[on their] first [visit] 1× Acts 7:12
{he} first 1× Matthew 12:29
Above all 1× 2 Peter 1:20
begin 1× Luke 10:5
for the Jew 1× Romans 2:10
it begins 1× 1 Peter 4:17
Most importantly 1× 2 Peter 3:3
the first 1× 2 Timothy 2:6
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 5:24 πρῶτον to First Adverb - Superlative Matthew 6:33 πρῶτον to first Adverb - Superlative Matthew 7:5 πρῶτον to First Adverb - Superlative Matthew 8:21 πρῶτον to first Adverb - Superlative Matthew 12:29 πρῶτον to {he} first Adverb - Superlative Matthew 13:30 πρῶτον to First Adverb - Superlative Matthew 17:10 πρῶτον to first Adverb - Superlative Matthew 17:27 πρῶτον to first Adverb - Superlative Matthew 23:26 πρῶτον to First Adverb - Superlative Mark 3:27 πρῶτον to vvv Adverb - Superlative
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 5:24
Aligned rows 58
Books represented 16
Matthew 9 Mark 7 Luke 10 John 5 Acts 5 Romans 6 1 Corinthians 3 2 Corinthians 1 1 Thessalonians 1 2 Thessalonians 1 1 Timothy 3 2 Timothy 2 Hebrews 1 James 1 1 Peter 1 2 Peter 2
Source forms
πρῶτον 56x prōton Matthew 5:24, Matthew 6:33, Matthew 7:5, Matthew 8:21
Πρῶτον 1x Prōton Romans 1:8
πρῶτόν 1x prōton Acts 26:20
Parsing patterns
Adverb - Superlative 58x Matthew 5:24, Matthew 6:33, Matthew 7:5, Matthew 8:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
Strong's G4412
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 59 times 16 shown below Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
Extended definition
:--before, at the beginning, chiefly (at, at the) first (of all).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 59 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 5:24 Adverb
πρῶτον prwton
first, before
Read verse Matthew 6:33 Adverb
πρῶτον prwton
first, before
Read verse Matthew 7:5 Adverb
πρῶτον prwton
first, before
Read verse Matthew 8:21 Adverb
πρῶτον prwton
first, before
Read verse Matthew 12:29 Adverb
πρῶτον prwton
first, before
Read verse Matthew 13:30 Adverb
πρῶτον prwton
first, before
Read verse Matthew 17:10 Adverb
πρῶτον; prwton
first, before
Read verse Matthew 17:11 Adverb
πρῶτον, prwton
first, before
Read verse Matthew 17:27 Adverb
πρῶτον prwton
first, before
Read verse Matthew 23:26 Adverb
πρῶτον prwton
first, before
Read verse Mark 3:27 Adverb
πρῶτον prwton
first, before
Read verse Mark 4:28 Adverb
πρῶτον prwton
first, before
Read verse Mark 7:27 Adverb
πρῶτον prwton
first, before
Read verse Mark 9:11 Adverb
πρῶτον; prwton
first, before
Read verse Mark 9:12 Adverb
πρῶτον, prwton
first, before
Read verse Mark 13:10 Adverb
πρῶτον prwton
first, before
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
1 Tim 5:4 1×
Word Origins
πρῶτον is built from these roots:
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