First
רֵאשִׁיתStrong’s H7225reshit (re-shit)
Appears in 49 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Reshit is the Hebrew word usually translated “beginning of”, “first of” and “choicest of”. It appears in 49 verses of the Old Testament.
“He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.”
Meaning
- First, beginning, best, chiefbeginning · first · chief · choice part
How it's translated
- beginning of 11
- first of 9
- choicest of 4
- in beginning of 3
- and best of 3
- first 2
- some of first of 2
- and first of 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 6
- Jeremiah 6
- Proverbs 5
- Numbers 4
- Genesis 3
- Job 3
19 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Genesis 10:10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Genesis 49:3Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
- Exodus 23:19The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
- Exodus 34:26The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
- Leviticus 2:12As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.
All 49 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
רֵאשִׁית reshit · first
: beginning 1) first, beginning, best, chief 1a) beginning 1b) first 1c) chief 1d) choice part Also means: re.shit (רֵאשִׁית ": best" H7225H)
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.