Strong's Lexicon

G4415

G4415 — πρωτοτόκια

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekprototokianounOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G4415
Word:πρωτοτόκια
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from G4416
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:prototokia
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:pro-tot-ok'-ee-ah
Meaning:1. primogeniture (as a privilege)
KJV Renderings:birthright

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πρωτοτόκια, πρωτοτοκιων, τά (πρωτότοκος), in the Sept. also πρωτοτοκεια (others, πρωτοτοκεια (cf. Chandler § 99), πρωτοτόκια, manuscript Venet., Aq.), for áÀÌëåøÈä, primogeniture, the right of the firstborn (in classical Greek ἡ πρεσβεία, and τό πρεσβεῖον): Heb 12:16. (Philo repeats the word after the Sept. in his alleg. legg. 3, 69; sacrif. Abel. § 5. Occasionally also in Byzantine writings.)

Englishman's Greek Concordance

πρωτοτόκια (birthright)

Hebrews 12:16

KJV: Lest there any fornicator or profane person as Esau who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright
GK: μη τις πόρνος η βέβηλος ως Ησαύ ος αντί βρώσεως μιάς απέδοτο τα πρωτοτόκια αυτού
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