King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4415
Transliteration: prōtotokia
Phonetic Spelling: (pro-tot-ok'-ee-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: the rights of the first-born
Meaning: the rights of the first-born
πρωτοτόκια, πρωτοτοκιων, τά (πρωτότοκος), in the Sept. also πρωτοτοκεια (others, πρωτοτοκεια (cf. Chandler § 99), πρωτοτόκια, manuscript Venet., Aq.), for בְּכורָה, primogeniture, the right of the firstborn (in classical Greek ἡ πρεσβεία, and τό πρεσβεῖον): Hebrews 12:16. (Philo repeats the word after the Sept. in his alleg. legg. 3, 69; sacrif. Abel. § 5. Occasionally also in Byzantine writings.)
Word Summary
prōtotokia: the rights of the first-born
Original Word: πρωτοτόκιαTransliteration: prōtotokia
Phonetic Spelling: (pro-tot-ok'-ee-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: the rights of the first-born
Meaning: the rights of the first-born
Strong's Concordance
birthright. From prototokos; primogeniture (as a privilege) -- birthright.
see GREEK prototokos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4415: πρωτοτόκιαπρωτοτόκια, πρωτοτοκιων, τά (πρωτότοκος), in the Sept. also πρωτοτοκεια (others, πρωτοτοκεια (cf. Chandler § 99), πρωτοτόκια, manuscript Venet., Aq.), for בְּכורָה, primogeniture, the right of the firstborn (in classical Greek ἡ πρεσβεία, and τό πρεσβεῖον): Hebrews 12:16. (Philo repeats the word after the Sept. in his alleg. legg. 3, 69; sacrif. Abel. § 5. Occasionally also in Byzantine writings.)