πρῶτος

B. Superl., πρῶτος, -η, -ον,

[in LXX chiefly for רִאשׁוֹן, also for אֶחַד, etc. ;]

first,

1. of Time or Place;

(a) absol., as subst., ὁ π.., Luk 14,18, Joh 19,32, 1 Kor 14,30; ὁ π. καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, Åb 1,17; 2,8; 22,13; neut., τὸ π., opposite to τ. δεύτερον, Hebr 10,9 τὰ π., opposite to τ. ἔσχατα, Matt 12,45, Luk 11,26, 2 Pet 2,20; anarth., Matt 10,2 pl., Matt 19,30, Mark 10,31, Luk 13,30; ἐν πρώτοις (EV, first of all), 1 Kor 15,3

(b) as adj.: πρώτῃ; (sc. ἡμέρᾳ) σαββάτου, Mk 16:[9]; φυλακή, opposite to δευτέρα, ApG 12,10 equiv. to adv. in English, Joh 8:7; 20:4, 8, 8 ApG 27,43, Rom 10,19, 1 Tim 1,16, 1 Joh 4,19; = πρότερος (see infr.; cf. M, Pr., 79; Bl, §11, 5; Thackeray, Gr., 183f.): with genitive, π. μου ἦν (my chief: Abbott, Jg., 509ff.; but cf. M, Pr., 245), Joh 1,15, 30; with art., Mark 14,12, ApG 1,1, al.; before ὁ δεύτερος, etc., Matt 22,25, Mark 12,20, al.

2. Of Rank or Dignity, chief, principal: Matt 20,27; 22,38, Mark 9,35, Ef 6,2, al.; with genitive, Mark 12,28, 29 al.; πόλις (Field, Notes, 124), ApG 16,12 with art., Luk 15,22; 19,47, ApG 13,50, al.

3. Neut., πρῶτον, as adv., first, at the first;

(a) of Time: Matt 8,21, Mark 4,28, al.; τὸ π., Joh 10,40, al.;

(b) of Order: Rom 3,2, 1 Kor 11,18, al.