first-born

: ; pl., . Metaph., of the priority of Christ (originally perh. a Messianic title, cf. , ; v. on ): ; , ; , ; () , , ; pl., of the elect, , .† first-born Lk 2:7 He 11:28 Ps 88 (89):28 He 1:6 Col 1:15 He 1:6 Col 1:15 Ro 8:29 Col 1:18 Re 1:5 He 12:23 ICC π. πάσης κτίσεως ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς π. ἐκ τ. νεκρῶν ἐκκλησία πρωτοτόκων

eerstgeborene, eerstgeborenen, eerstgeboren

first-born, eldest.

firstborn

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

firstbegotten(-born)

πρωτότοκος, -ον (πρῶτος, τίκτω) [in LXX chiefly for בְּכוֹר ;] first-born: Luk.2:7; pl., Heb.11:28. Metaphorical, of the priority of Christ (originally perh. a Messianic title, cf. Psa.89:28, Heb.1:6; see ICC on Col.1:15): Heb.1:6; π. πάσης κτίσεως, Col.1:15; ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, Rom.8:29; π. (ἐκ) τ. νεκρῶν, Col.1:18, Rev.1:5; pl., of the elect, ἐκκλησία πρωτοτόκων, Heb.12:23.† (AS)