What does πρῶτος · ἔσχατος mean in the Bible?
πρῶτος · ἔσχατος is a Greek phrase meaning "first and last; title of eternal divine sovereignty".
Greek · G4413, G2078
πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος
Foremost (in time, place, order or importance) · farthest, final (of place or time)
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πρῶτοςG4413foremost (in time, place, order or importance)
Pronunciationprōtos
Foremost in time, place, or rank; often implies priority or supremacy rather than mere sequence.
Open lexicon entry →ἔσχατοςG2078farthest, final (of place or time)
Pronunciationéschatos
Open lexicon entry →What does πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος (prōtos kai ho eschatos) mean in the Bible?
πρῶτος · ἔσχατος is a Greek phrase meaning "first and last; title of eternal divine sovereignty".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4413, G2078?
G4413, G2078 is connected to 153 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. first and last; title of eternal divine sovereignty
Source Gloss
first and last; title of eternal divine sovereignty
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 patterns10Aligned forms153Case patternNominative (56)Number patternSingular (49)
Nominative · Singular · MasculineMatt 10:2 · Matt 20:27 · Matt 21:31 · Matt 22:25 · Mark 9:35 · Mark 10:44 · Mark 12:20 · Luke 14:18 · Luke 19:16 · Luke 20:29 · John 1:15 · John 1:30 · John 20:4 · John 20:8 · Acts 26:23 · Rom 10:1929×
Nominative · Singular · FeminineMatt 22:38 · Mark 12:28 · Mark 12:29 · Luke 2:2 · Acts 16:12 · Eph 6:2 · Heb 8:7 · Heb 9:1 · Heb 9:2 · Heb 9:18 · Rev 4:1 · Rev 20:5 · Rev 21:113×
Nominative · Plural · MasculineMatt 19:30 · Matt 20:10 · Matt 20:16 · Mark 10:31 · Luke 13:30 · Luke 19:47 · Acts 25:211×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter1 Cor 15:46 · Rev 4:72×
Nominative · Plural · NeuterRev 21:41×
Genitive · Plural · NeuterMatt 12:45 · Luke 11:26 · 2 Pet 2:20 · Rev 2:194×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineMatt 27:64 · Acts 20:18 · Phil 1:5 · Heb 9:84×
Genitive · Plural · MasculineMatt 20:8 · Matt 21:362×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineJohn 19:321×
Genitive · Plural · FeminineActs 17:41×
Word Origins
πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος is built from this root: