πρωτότοκος

πρωτότοκος, -ον

(πρῶτος, τίκτω) [in LXX chiefly for בְּכוֹר ;]

first-born: Luk 2,7 pl., Hebr 11,28, Metaphorical, of the priority of Christ (originally perh. a Messianic title, cf. Sl 89,28, Hebr 1,6; see ICC on Kol 1,15): Hebr 1,6; π. πάσης κτίσεως, Kol 1,15 ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, Rom 8,29 π. (ἐκ) τ. νεκρῶν, Kol 1,18, Åb 1,5; pl., of the elect, ἐκκλησία πρωτοτόκων, Hebr 12,23,†