Prime element in ring without unity

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Definitions of prime element:

$(1)$ We say $p$ is prime if $p|ab$ it implies $p|a$ or $p|b$ (I don't need definition of unity here)

$(2)$ We say $p$ is prime if $p=ab$ it implies $p|a$ or $p|b$ (I don't need definition of unity here)

Are these two definitions equivalent?

Note: $p = ab$ it may not imply $p|ab$ using definition $(1)$ (as much as I can see because there is no unity)

Motivation: ring without unity with an prime element $p$ such that $ab=p$ but $p$ does not divide $a$ nor it divides $b$ (if possible)

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An example where (1) and (2) are not equivalent is the Rng $2\mathbb{Z}$.

If we take definition (1), then 2 is not prime since if $a=b=6$, we have $ab=36$ and $2|36$ since $36=2\times 18$. However 2 does not divide 6 in $2\mathbb{Z}$ as we cannot write $6=xy$ where $x,y\in 2\mathbb{Z}$.

On the other hand 2 is prime according to (2) since the condition holds vacuously.