Edgar....
I'm not sure that Thayer indicates the 'first-created' definition in Col
1:15 ". . . this passage does not with certainty prove that Paul
reckoned the LOGOS in the number of created beings." p.555
I don't know the position of the following..but Rienecker list them as
important to understanding the meaning of the word:
Lohse, Eduard. in Hermenenia. A Critical and Historical Commentary on
the Bible: Colossians and Philemon. (Philadelphia:Fortress Press, 1976.
Lightfoot, J.B. St. Paul's Epistle to the Colossians and Philemon.
(Grand Rapids:Zondervan) 1956.
Abbott, T. K. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles to
the Ephesians and the Colossians. The International Critical
Commentary. (Edinburgh: T&T Clark) 1956.
Moule, C. F. D. The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon. The
Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary (Cambridge: UP) 1958.
Martin, R. P. Colossians: The Church's Lord and the Christian's Liberty
(Grand Rapids:Zondervan, 1973).
Davies, W. D. Paul and Rabbinic Judaism: Some Rabbinic Elements in
Pauline Theology. (London:SPCK) 1965. 150f.
et al...these are prominent and recognized scholars in both the Greek
and Theological disciplines...
I hope this may help with the meaning of the word.
Ronald Wong,
O'Brien, FL.