Strong H7225H7225Hרֵאשִׁית

first: best

Transliteration: rê'shîyth
Pronunciation: ray-sheeth'
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

: best
1) first, beginning, best, chief
1a) beginning
1b) first
1c) chief
1d) choice part

General definition

From the same as H7218; the {first} in {place} {time} order or rank (specifically a firstfruit): - {beginning} chief ({-est}) first ({-fruits} {part} {time}) principal thing.

In the Bible

Strong H7225H appears in 10 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

chief4
first2
firstfruits2
chiefest1
part1

First verses

Exodus 23:19
The 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 34:26
The 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.
Deuteronomy 33:21
And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel.
1 Samuel 2:29
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
1 Samuel 15:21
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
Jeremiah 49:35
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
Ezekiel 20:40
For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
Ezekiel 48:14
And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the Lord.
Daniel 11:41
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.
Amos 6:6
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

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