πρωτεύω
prōteúō · G4409 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to be the first, to have superior status
To be in the first position, with the implication of high rank and prominence
ExamplesColossians 1:18 He is also the head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ πᾶςall, every, each 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ὑπερέχω hyperéchō · G5242 · to be exceptionally valuable, to surpass in value, to be better
- ὑπερέχω expresses superiority and being above others in rank or position, which closely parallels πρωτεύω's meaning of being first in rank or influence. Both convey a position of preeminence.
Contrasting words 1 word
- ὑστερέω hysteréō · G5302 · to lack, to be in need of, to be in want
- ὑστερέω expresses the opposite of πρωτεύω: being last or lacking rather than being first, falling short rather than having preeminence. This is a genuine lexical opposite in terms of rank and position.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To be the first, to have superior status87.46
- The verb describes holding the position of highest rank or supremacy. Paul's teaching on the supremacy of Christ uses this term: “He is also the head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything” (Colossians 1:18).
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (πρῶτος); to be first, hold the first place, (A. V. have the pre-eminence): Col 1:18.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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