Prototokia means “birthright” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4415 — melach (“eat salt”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4415 πρωτοτόκια (prototokia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. prototokia (pro-tot-ok'-ee-ah) n. 1. primogeniture (as a privilege) [from G4416] It has 8 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include birthright. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
prototokia (pro-tot-ok'-ee-ah) n. 1. primogeniture (as a privilege) [from G4416] KJV: birthright Root(s): G4416
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birthright
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render prototokia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G4415 (πρωτοτόκια) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
7 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Jacob said to Esau, Sell me this day thy birthright.
And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and for what good does this birthright belong to me?
And Jacob said to him, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him; and Esau sold his birthright to Jacob.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4415.
And Jacob said to Esau, Sell me this day thy birthright.
And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and for what good does this birthright belong to me?
And Jacob said to him, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him; and Esau sold his birthright to Jacob.
And Jacob gave bread to Esau, and pottage of lentils; and he ate and drank, and he arose and departed; so Esau slighted his birthright.
And he said, Rightly was his name called Jacob, for lo! this second time has he supplanted me; he has both taken my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing; and Esau said to his father, Hast thou not left a blessing for me, father?
But he shall acknowledge the firstborn of the hated one to give to him double of all things which shall be found by him, because he is the first of his children, and to him belongs the birthright.
And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but because of his going up to his father’s couch, his father gave his blessing to his son Joseph, even the son of Israel; and he was not reckoned as firstborn;
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4415, grouped by book.
Prototokia (Strong's G4415) is a Greek word most simply glossed "birthright". prototokia (pro-tot-ok'-ee-ah) n. 1. primogeniture (as a privilege) [from G4416]
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G4415 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4415 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as birthright. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 7 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4415, with linked reader references where each row is available.