πρῶτος

prw'to" prw'to",
prwvth,
prw'ton (superlative of
prov, contracted from
proato", whence the Doric
pratov"; the comparitive
provtero" see in its place) (from Homer down), the Septuagint for @/varI and often for dj'a, and varo, first;1. either in time or place, in any succession of things or of persons; a. absolutely (i. e. without a noun) and substantively;
a. with the article:
oJ
prw'to"
kaiv
oJ
e[scato", i. e. the eternal One, ; ; ;
oJ
prw'to", namely,
tw'n
keklhmevnwn, ; the first of two (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 35, 4 N. 1; (Buttmann, 32 (28))), ; ; plural opposed to
oiJ
e[scatoi, , on which see
e[scato", 2 a. Neuter
tov
prw'ton, opposed to
tov
deuvteron, ;
tav
prw'ta, opposed to
tav
e[scata, one's first state, ; ; ; the first order of things, .
b. without the article: (
prw'to", namely, of the apostles to be mentioned); plural, ; ; (on the meaning of which three passages, see
e[scato", 2 a.); neuter
ejn
prwvtoi" (A. V. first of all), among the first things delivered to you by me, . b. where it agrees with some substantive;
a. anarthrous, and in place of an adjective:
prwvth (namely,
hJmevra)
sabbavtou, on the first day of the week, ;
fulakhv, opposed to
deutevra/, ; as a predicate (on which cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 35, 4 N. 1; (Buttmann, sec. 127, 31)). where it is added to the subject or the object of the verb (and we often use an adverb; Winer's Grammar, sec. 54, 2; (Buttmann, sec. 123, 9)):
euJrivskei
ou|to"
prw'to", (42) (where L Tr WH
prw'ton); add, ; ,; ; ; ; ; opposed to
ei\ta,
prw'to"
ejmbav", (the article belongs to
ejmbav" (G T Tr WH omit the passage)); but
prw'to"
ejx
ajnastavsew"
nekrw'n is to be translated as the first. By a later Greek usage it is put where
provtero" might have been expected with the genitive (cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 717; Passow, under the word
provtero", B. I. 2 c. ii, p. 1243a; (Liddell and Scott, ibid. B. I. 4 c.); Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, ii., 420f; Winer's Grammar, sec. 35, 4 N. 1; Buttmann, sec. 123, 14):
prw'to"
mou
h\n, , (
oiJ
prw'toi
mou
tau'ta
ajnicneusante", Aelian nat. anim. 8, 12).
b. with the article: (
oJ (
hJ,
tov)
prw'to" (
prwvth,
prw'ton), in a series which is so complete, either in fact or in thought, that other members are conceived of as following the first in regular order; as,
tovn
prw'ton
lovgon, ; add, ; ; ,; , etc.; (opposed to
oJ
e[scato"),
hJ
prw'to"
plavnh, ; add, ,<<ref:B