Beginning
תְּחִלָּהStrong’s H8462techillah (te-chil-lah)
Appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Techillah is the Hebrew word usually translated “at the beginning”, “at beginning of” and “at the first”. It appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament.
“In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.”
Meaning
- Beginning, firstthe first time · from the beginning, in the beginning (with prep)
How it's translated
- at the beginning 6
- at beginning of 6
- at the first 4
- beginning of 2
- from beginning of 1
- the beginning 1
- as at the beginning 1
- beginning 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 4
- 2 Samuel 3
- Daniel 3
- Judges 2
- Ruth 1
- 2 Kings 1
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 9:21In contextYea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
- Daniel 9:23In contextAt the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
- Genesis 13:3And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
- Genesis 41:21And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
- Genesis 43:18And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
- Genesis 43:20And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
Hebrew dictionary
תְּחִלָּה techillah · beginning
1) beginning, first 1a) the first time 1b) from the beginning, in the beginning (with prep)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “beginning” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BEGIN'NING, participle present
tense First entering upon; commencing; giving rise or original; taking rise or origin.
All definitions and other forms of “beginning”
BEGIN'NING, noun
The first cause; origin.
- That which is first; the first state; commencement; entrance into being.“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth” Genesis 1:1
- The rudiments, first ground or materials.
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.