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# firstborn

«firstborn» in Mova's school dictionary: **The first child born to a family; the eldest child** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (firstborn, firstborns); adjective (firstborn)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The first child born to a family; the eldest child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firstborn/#m1)

2) (Bible) In the Bible the firstborn son had special rights and duties, and the firstborn of Egypt are part of the Passover story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firstborn/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In family stories it tells the reader who is the eldest child. In Bible lessons it appears in the stories of Esau and Jacob, and of the Passover in Egypt; Jesus is called Mary's firstborn son. Phrases: firstborn son, firstborn child, her firstborn.

### examples

- Emma is the firstborn, so she is the oldest of the three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firstborn/#x1)
- The king's firstborn son would one day become king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firstborn/#x2)
- In the Bible, Esau was Isaac's firstborn son. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firstborn/#x3)
- Our cat's firstborn kitten is the biggest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firstborn/#x4)
- Being the firstborn means you often help with the little ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firstborn/#x5)
- The Passover story tells about the firstborn of Egypt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firstborn/#x6)

### note

Can be written firstborn or first-born. Opposite idea: youngest, last-born. Not about birthday order in a class, only about children of the same parents.

### In the corpora

- [Ten plagues struck Egypt, from the river Nile turning to blood to the death of the firstborn.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/6-moses-and-the-exodus/11/)
- [And Canaan begot Zidon his firstborn, and Heth;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.261/)
- [And the sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.145/)
- [And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.406/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «firstborn» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/firstborn/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.