English

Etymology

Noun

1. The first produce or result, notably firstborn offspring.
2. The first of a class or kind
3. The thing first thought or done.

Quotations

• , Genesis 4:4

  And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

Translations

• eersteling

Adjective

1. Firstborn.

Quotations

• , Deuteronomy 15:19

  All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

References

• The first born baby in childbirth
• Firstborn (film), a 1984 film that stars Teri Garr, Peter Weller, and Christopher Collet
• Firstborn (Dragonlance), a Dragonlance book by Paul B. Thompson and Tonya C. Cook
• "Firstborn" (TNG episode), a seventh-season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
• The Firstborn Laestadianism, a subgroup within Laestadianism
• Firstborn, the first novel of StarCraft's The Dark Templar Saga
• Elves (Middle-earth), the Firstborn Children of Ilúvatar in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium
• Firstborn (Jericho), the fictional nemesis of Clive Barker's Jericho, created in God's true image.
• Firstborn, a novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter - part of the Time Odyssey series

• First Born a British TV show
• First Born (2007 film), a 2007 film
• First Born an album by Eyedea & Abilities

See also

• First
• Born
• Dawodu, an African word for the "first-born son"