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

• John 1:30 This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
• John 1:41 He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
• John 2:10 and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
• John 5:4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
• John 7:51 “Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
• John 8:7 When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
• John 10:40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.
• John 12:16 At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.
• John 15:18 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
• John 18:13 They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.
• John 19:32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and those of the other.
• John 19:39 Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
• John 20:4 The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
• John 20:8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in. And he saw and believed.
• Acts 1:1 In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,
• Acts 3:26 When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
• Acts 7:12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
• Acts 12:10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
• Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
• Acts 13:50 The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
• Acts 15:14 Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
• Acts 16:12 From there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
• Acts 17:4 Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.
• Acts 20:18 When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.
• Acts 25:2 where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus
• Acts 26:20 First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
• Acts 26:23 that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
• Acts 27:43 But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
• Acts 28:7 Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
• Acts 28:17 After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
• Romans 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
• Romans 1:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
• Romans 2:9 There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
• Romans 2:10 but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.
• Romans 3:2 Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.
• Romans 10:19 I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”
• Romans 15:24 I hope to see you on my way to Spain. And after I have enjoyed your company for a while, you can equip me for my journey.
• 1 Corinthians 11:18 First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.
• 1 Corinthians 12:28 And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.
• 1 Corinthians 14:30 And if a revelation comes to someone who is seated, the first speaker should stop.
• 1 Corinthians 15:3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
• 1 Corinthians 15:45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
• 1 Corinthians 15:46 The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
• 1 Corinthians 15:47 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
• 1 Corinthians 16:24 My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.
• 2 Corinthians 8:5 And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, through the will of God.
• Ephesians 4:9 What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?
• Ephesians 6:2 “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
• Philippians 1:5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
• 1 Timothy 1:15 This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
• 1 Timothy 1:16 But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
• 1 Timothy 2:1 First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
• 1 Timothy 2:13 For Adam was formed first, and then Eve.
• 1 Timothy 3:10 Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.
• 1 Timothy 5:4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
• 1 Timothy 5:12 and thus will incur judgment because they are setting aside their first faith.
• 1 Timothy 6:21 which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all.