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Strong's #4409 - πρωτεύω
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πρωτεύω,
( πρῶτος )
to be the first, hold first place, And. 4.41 (s.v.l.), Pl. Lg. 692d, Arist. EN 1124b23; οἱ πρωτεύοντες the primates or chief men in a city, Hdn. 8.7.2, cf. Isoc. 5.68; hold position of πρῶτος (q.v.), MAMA 4.151 ( Apollonia ); π. τοῦ ἔθνους OGI 563.6 ( Cadyanda ). II with a modal word added, to be first in a thing, καρτερίᾳ X. Ages. 10.1; βδελυρίᾳ Aeschin. 1.192; γένει Is. 1.21; ἐν ἕδρᾳ X. Cyr. 8.4.5; περὶ κακίαν Aeschin. 2.159; φιλίᾳ π. παρὰ τῷ Κύρῳ X. Cyr. 8.2.28, cf. Isoc. 3.60; ἐν τούτοις (sc. ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ) Id. 7.48 .
2. c. gen. pers., to be first of or among, Ἑλλήνων ib.6; τῶν ῥητόρων Aeschin. 1.171, cf. X. Ages. 1.3; π. Ἑλλάδος εἰς ἀρετήν Epigr.Gr. 489: also π. ἐν τοῖς Ἕλλησι Isoc. 8.24; ἐν τῷ δήμῳ D. 19.297 .
III = cross προτερέω, excel, π. τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος ταῖς κυνηγεσίαις D.S. 4.81 .
πρωτεύω; (πρῶτος); to be first, hold the first place, (A. V. have the pre-eminence): Colossians 1:18. (From Xenophon, and Plato down.)
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πρωτεύω (< πρῶτος ),
[in LXX: Ezra 5:11, 2 Maccabees 6:18; 2 Maccabees 13:15*;]
to be first, pre-eminent, have the first place: Colossians 1:18.†
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";filth"; (1 Peter 3:21), is found = ";wax"; in superstitious medicine, P Osl I. 1.332 (iv/A.D.) μῖξον δὲ καὶ ταῖς κριθαῖς καὶ ῥύπον ἀπ ̣ὸ ὠτίου μούλας, ";mix also with the barleycorn the ear-wax of a female mule"; (Ed.). In Isaiah 4:4 Γ the noun is neuter. The adj. ῥυπώδης occurs in the medical prescription P Oxy II. 234ii. 18 (ii/iii A.D.) ὅταν ῥυπῶδες γένηται, ἀνάλαβε, ";when it becomes discoloured, draw the liquor off.";
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