Lexical 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.) |