Strong’s Greek
G4409 — proteuo
The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.
πρωτεύω
proteuo — pronounced prote-yoo'-o
from 4413; to be first (in rank or influence):--have the preeminence. see GREEK for 4413
1 occurrence in the KJV.
Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.