Birthright
πρωτοτόκιαStrong’s G4415prōtotokia
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Prōtotokia is the Greek word usually translated “birthright”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.”
Meaning
Usually translated “birthright”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- birthright 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
πρωτοτόκια prōtotokia · birthright
πρωτοτόκια, -ων, τά (πρωτότοκος) [in LXX (with seel. -εῖα, -εία): Gen.25:31 ff. Gen.27:36, Deu.21:17, 1Ch.5:1 (בְּכוֹרָה) * ;] the rights of the first-born, birthright (= cl. ἡ πρεσβεία): Heb.12:16.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “birthright” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BIRTH'RIGHT, noun
[birth and right.]
Any right or privilege, to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution.
- “Esau, for a morsel, sold his birthright” Hebrews 12:16
All definitions and other forms of “birthright”
BIRTH'-SONG, noun
A song sung at the birth of a person.
BIRTH'-STRANGLED, adjective
[birth and strangle.]
Strangled or suffocated in being born.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.