πρῶτος prōtos

Meaning

foremost (in time, place, order or importance)

In the King James Version: before, beginning, best, chief(-est), first (of all), former

Derivation: contracted superlative of G4253 (πρό);

Where it is used

• Matthew 5:24 leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
• Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
• Matthew 7:5 You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
• Matthew 8:21 Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
• Matthew 10:2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
• Matthew 12:29 Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and steal his possessions, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
• Matthew 12:45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first. So will it be with this wicked generation.”
• Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
• Matthew 17:10 The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
• Matthew 17:11 Jesus replied, “Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things.
• Matthew 17:27 “But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
• Matthew 19:30 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
• Matthew 20:8 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’
• Matthew 20:10 So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
• Matthew 20:16 So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
• Matthew 20:27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—
• Matthew 21:28 But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
• Matthew 21:31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
• Matthew 21:36 Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.
• Matthew 22:25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.
• Matthew 22:38 This is the first and greatest commandment.
• Matthew 23:26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
• Matthew 26:17 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
• Matthew 27:64 So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
• Mark 3:27 Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
• Mark 4:28 All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
• Mark 6:21 On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
• Mark 7:27 “First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
• Mark 9:11 And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
• Mark 9:12 He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?
• Mark 9:35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”
• Mark 10:31 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
• Mark 10:44 and whoever wants to be first must be the slave of all.
• Mark 12:20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.
• Mark 12:28 Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”
• Mark 12:29 Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
• Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
• Mark 13:10 And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.
• Mark 14:12 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
• Mark 16:9 Early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons.
• Luke 2:2 This was the first census to take place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.
• Luke 6:42 How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
• Luke 9:59 Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
• Luke 9:61 Still another said, “I will follow You, Lord; but first let me bid farewell to my family.”
• Luke 10:5 Whatever house you enter, begin by saying, ‘Peace to this house.’
• Luke 11:26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
• Luke 11:38 But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
• Luke 12:1 In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• Luke 13:30 And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”
• Luke 14:18 But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
• Luke 14:28 Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
• Luke 14:31 Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
• Luke 15:22 But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
• Luke 16:5 And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.
• Luke 17:25 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
• Luke 19:16 The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’
• Luke 19:47 Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
• Luke 20:29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless.
• Luke 21:9 When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”
• John 1:15 John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”