πρῶτον

πρῶτον, πρῶτος, see: πρότερος

A. Compar., πρότερος, -α, -ον,

[in LXX for רִאשׁוֹן ,לִפָנִים, etc. ;]

before, of time, place, rank, etc.; in NT always of Time, before, former: Ef 4,22, Adverbially, πρότερον, before, aforetime, formerly: Joh 7,50, 2 Kor 1,15, Hebr 4,6; opposite to ἔπειτα, Hebr 7,27 τὸ π., Joh 6,62; 9,8, Gal 4,13, 1 Tim 1,13; αἱ π. ἡμέραι, Hebr 10,32 αἱ π. ἐπιθυμίαι, 1 Pet 1,14,†