First
רִאשֹׁנִיStrong’s H7224rishoni (ri-sho-ni)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Rishoni is the Hebrew word usually translated “first”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;”
Meaning
- First
How it's translated
- first 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
רִאשֹׁנִי rishoni · first
first
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “first” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FIRST, adjective
furst. [See fare and for.]
- Advanced before or further than any other in progression; foremost in place; as the first man in a marching company or troop is the man that precedes all the rest.
- Preceding all others in the order of time.
- Preceding all others in numbers or a progressive series; the ordinal of one; as, 1 is the first number.
- Preceding all others in rank, dignity or excellence.
All definitions and other forms of “first”
FIRST, adverb
furst.
- Before any thing else in the order of time.“Adam was first formed, then Eve” 1 Timothy 2:13
- Before all others in place or progression.
- Before any thing else in order of proceeding or consideration. first let us attend to the examination of the witnesses.
- Before all others in rank.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.