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πρῶτον
prōton · Greek · Strong's G4412 · 58 occurrences
The KJV renders 16 different Hebrew and Greek words as “before”
What it means
firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
neuter of G4413 (πρῶτος) as adverb (with or without G3588 (ὁ));
How the KJV renders it
before, at the beginning, chiefly at, at the first
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“before”
Questions this word decides
- Should Christians pray to saints?
- Is 1 Enoch inspired or canonical scripture?
- What does 1 Timothy 2:12 mean about women teaching?
- What does 2 Timothy 3:16 mean that scripture is 'God-breathed'?
- Is speaking in tongues for today?
- Is the rapture biblical?
Where it appears
58 occurrences in the Greek text.
1 Corinthians 11:18 ADV-S1 Corinthians 12:28 ADV-S1 Corinthians 15:46 ADV-S1 Peter 4:17 ADV-S1 Thessalonians 4:16 ADV-S1 Timothy 2:1 ADV-S1 Timothy 3:10 ADV-S1 Timothy 5:4 ADV-S2 Corinthians 8:5 ADV-S2 Peter 1:20 ADV-S2 Peter 3:3 ADV-S2 Thessalonians 2:3 ADV-S2 Timothy 1:5 ADV-S2 Timothy 2:6 ADV-SActs 3:26 ADV-SActs 7:12 ADV-SActs 11:26 ADV-SActs 13:46 ADV-SActs 15:14 ADV-SActs 26:20 ADV-SHebrews 7:2 ADV-SJames 3:17 ADV-SJohn 2:10 ADV-SJohn 7:51 ADV-SJohn 15:18 ADV-SJohn 18:13 ADV-SLuke 6:42 ADV-SLuke 9:59 ADV-SLuke 9:61 ADV-SLuke 10:5 ADV-SLuke 11:38 ADV-SLuke 12:1 ADV-SLuke 14:28 ADV-SLuke 14:31 ADV-SLuke 17:25 ADV-SLuke 21:9 ADV-SMatthew 5:24 ADV-SMatthew 6:33 ADV-SMatthew 7:5 ADV-SMatthew 8:21 ADV-SMatthew 12:29 ADV-SMatthew 13:30 ADV-SMatthew 17:10 ADV-SMatthew 17:27 ADV-SMatthew 23:26 ADV-SMark 3:27 ADV-SMark 4:28 ADV-SMark 7:27 ADV-SMark 9:11 ADV-SMark 9:12 ADV-SMark 13:10 ADV-SMark 16:9 ADV-SRomans 1:8 ADV-SRomans 1:16 ADV-SRomans 2:9 ADV-SRomans 2:10 ADV-SRomans 3:2 ADV-SRomans 15:24 ADV-S
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.