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, Jhn.19:32, 1Co.14:30; ὁ π. καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, Rev.1:17 2:8 22:13; neut. τὸ π. opposite to τ. δεύτερον, Heb.10:9; τὰ π. opposite to τ. ἔσχατα, Mat.12:45, Luk.11:26, 2Pe.2:20; anarth. Mat.10:2; pl. Mat.19:30, Mrk.10:31, Luk.13:30; ἐν πρώτοις (EV, first of all), 1Co.15:3;

__(b) as adj.: πρώτῃ; (sc. ἡμέρᾳ) σαββάτου, Mk 16:[9]; φυλακή, opposite to δευτέρα, Act.12:10; equiv. to adv. in English, Jhn.8:[7] 20:4, 8 Act.27:43, Rom.10:19, 1Ti.1:16, 1Jn.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), Jhn.1:15, 30; with art. Mrk.14:12, Act.1:1, al.; before ὁ δεύτερος, etc. Mat.22:25, Mrk.12:20, al.

__2. Of Rank or Dignity, chief, principal: Mat.20:27 22:38, Mrk.9:35, Eph.6:2, al.; with genitive, Mrk.12:28, 29 al.; πόλις (Field, Notes, 124), Act.16:12; with art. Luk.15:22 19:47, Act.13:50, al.

__3. Neut. πρῶτον, as adv. first, at the first;

__(a) of Time: Mat.8:21, Mrk.4:28, al.; τὸ π. Jhn.10:40, al.;

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

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