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”

also renders prōtos (G4413), prokatangéllō (G4293), katénanti (G2713), apénanti (G561), énanti (G1725), enṓpion (G1799), prín (G4250), enantíon (G1726), katenṓpion (G2714), próteron (G4386), qᵉbêl (H6903), qâbâl (H6905), qâdam (H6923), qedem (H6924), qŏdâm (H6925)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

58 occurrences in the Greek text.

1 Corinthians 11:18 · ADV-S

For first of all, when you come together in the assembly, I hear that divisions exist among you, and I partly believe it.

1 Corinthians 12:28 · ADV-S

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

1 Corinthians 15:46 · ADV-S

However, that which is spiritual isn’t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.

1 Peter 4:17 · ADV-S

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don’t obey the Good News of God?

1 Thessalonians 4:16 · ADV-S

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

1 Timothy 2:1 · ADV-S

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks be made for all men,

1 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.