First-born,

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  firstborn \firstborn\ n.
     The first child born to a parent; as, his firstborn was
     showered with gifts from relatives.
  
     Syn: eldest.
          [PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Firstborn \First"born`\, a.
     First brought forth; first in the order of birth; eldest;
     hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted; as, the
     firstborn child.
  
     Syn: eldest.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  firstborn
       adj : first in order of birth; "the firstborn child" [syn: {eldest}]
       n : the offspring who came first in the order of birth [syn: {eldest}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  First-born
     sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut. 21:17; Gen.
     25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr. 5:1; Heb. 12:16; Ps. 89:27). (See {BIRTHRIGHT}.)
     
       The "first-born of the poor" signifies the most miserable of
     the poor (Isa. 14:30). The "church of the first-born" signifies
     the church of the redeemed.
     
       The destruction of the first-born was the last of the ten
     plagues inflicted on the Egyptians (Ex. 11:1-8; 12:29, 30).
     
       Menephtah is probably the Pharaoh whose first-born was slain.
     His son did not succeed or survive his father, but died early.
     The son's tomb has been found at Thebes unfinished, showing it
     was needed earlier than was expected. Some of the records on the
     tomb are as follows: "The son whom Menephtah loves; who draws
     towards him his father's heart, the singer, the prince of
     archers, who governed Egypt on behalf of his father. Dead."