- Transliteration: Proton

- Phonetic: pro'-ton

- Definition:

1. first in time or place

a. in any succession of things or persons

2. first in rank

a. influence, honour

b. chief

c. principal

3. first, at the first

- Origin: neuter of G4413" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4413 as adverb (with or without G3588" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3588)

- TDNT entry: 20:29,0

- Part(s) of speech: Adverb

- Strong's: Neuter of G4413" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4413 as an adverb (with or without G3588" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3588); firstly (in time place order or importance): - before at the beginning chiefly (at at the) first (of all).