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Lexicon :: Strong's H7225 - rē'šîṯ

Aa
רֵאשִׁית
Transliteration
rē'šîṯ
Pronunciation
ray-sheeth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as רֹאשׁ (H7218)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2097e

Strong’s Definitions

רֵאשִׁית rêʼshîyth, ray-sheeth'; 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.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x

The KJV translates Strong's H7225 in the following manner: beginning (18x), firstfruits (11x), first (9x), chief (8x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x
The KJV translates Strong's H7225 in the following manner: beginning (18x), firstfruits (11x), first (9x), chief (8x), miscellaneous (5x).
  1. first, beginning, best, chief

    1. beginning

    2. first

    3. chief

    4. choice part

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רֵאשִׁית rêʼshîyth, ray-sheeth'; 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.
STRONGS H7225: Abbreviations
† [רֵאשִׁית] noun feminine beginning, chief (for *רְאֵשִׁיתGGA 1884, 1019, compare HolzHexateuch 465; Syriac bdb091201); — absolute ר׳ Deuteronomy 33:21+, construct ר׳ Genesis 10:10+, רֵשִׁית Deuteronomy 11:12; suffix רֵאשִׁיתוֺ Ecclesiastes 7:8, רֵאשִׁתוֺ Job 42:12, etc.; —
1.
a. beginning of kingdom Genesis 10:10 (J), year Deuteronomy 11:12, reign Jeremiah 26:1; Jeremiah 27:1; Jeremiah 28:1; Jeremiah 49:34;= first phase, step, or element in course of events Isaiah 46:10 (opposed to אַחֲרִית); of a thing (דָּבָר) Ecclesiastes 7:8 (opposed to id.); of sin Micah 1:13, strife Proverbs 17:14, wisdom Psalm 111:10, knowledge Proverbs 1:7 thy beginning Job 8:7 —his beginning Job 42:12 (both opposed to אַחֲרִית), ר׳ before clause, בָּרָא א׳ בְּר׳ Genesis 1:1 in the beginning when god created (> absolute in the beginning God created); אֹנִי ר׳ Genesis 49:3 (poem) beginning (first product) of my manly vigour (|| בְּכֹרִי כֹּחִי so Deuteronomy 21:17; Psalm 78:51 (both || בְּכוֺת Psalm 105:36; compare דֵּרְכֵי אֵל ר׳ Job 40:19 (of hippopotamus), דַּרְכּוֺ ר׳ Proverbs 8:22 (of wisdom);=first season (of a tree) Hosea 9:10; גּוֺיִם ר׳ Numbers 24:20 (JE), first, earliest, of nations.
b. first of fruits Exodus 23:19 (E), Exodus 34:26 (JE), Deuteronomy 26:2, 10; Ezekiel 44:30.a, of harvest Leviticus 23:10 (H), grain Deuteronomy 18:4; 2 Chronicles 31:5 dough Numbers 15:20, 21 (P), Ezekiel 44:30b Nehemiah 10:38, wool Deuteronomy 18:4; of כָּלתְּֿבוּאָתֶ֑ךָ Proverbs 3:9; Israel is תְּבוּאָתֹה ר׳ Jeremiah 2:3 (i.e. of י׳'s increase); ר׳ =first-fruits Leviticus 2:12 (P), Numbers 18:12 (P), Nehemiah 12:44; הָאָרֶץ ר׳ Ezekiel 48:14
2. first chief, Amos 6:1; גְּבוּרָתָם ר׳ Jeremiah 49:35 (of bows); so apparently בְּנֵי עַמּוֺן ר׳ Daniel 11:41, i.e. the principal part of them (Buhl Marti conjecture שְׁאֵרִית after Syriac Version); מַשְׁאוֺתֵיכֶם ר׳ Ezekiel 20:40, i.e. your chief oblations; שְׁמָנִים ר׳ Amos 6:6, i.e. choice oils; = choice part, of land Deuteronomy 33:21, offering 1 Samuel 2:29, הַחֵרֶם 1 Samuel 15:21; absolute chief thing Proverbs 4:7 (of wisdom).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:1; 10:10; 10:10; 49:3

Exodus

23:19; 34:26

Leviticus

2:12; 23:10

Numbers

15:20; 15:21; 18:12; 24:20

Deuteronomy

11:12; 11:12; 18:4; 18:4; 21:17; 26:2; 26:10; 33:21; 33:21

1 Samuel

2:29; 15:21

2 Chronicles

31:5

Nehemiah

10:38; 12:44

Job

8:7; 40:19; 42:12; 42:12

Psalms

78:51; 105:36; 111:10

Proverbs

1:7; 3:9; 4:7; 8:22; 17:14

Ecclesiastes

7:8; 7:8

Isaiah

46:10

Jeremiah

2:3; 26:1; 27:1; 28:1; 49:34; 49:35

Ezekiel

20:40; 44:30; 44:30; 48:14

Daniel

11:41

Hosea

9:10

Amos

6:1; 6:6

Micah

1:13

H7225

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7225 matches the Hebrew רֵאשִׁית (rē'šîṯ),
which occurs 51 times in 49 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:1 -

In the beginning H7225 God H430 created H1254 the heavens H8064 and the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:10 - And the beginning H7225 of his kingdom H4467 was [fn]Babel H894, Erech H751, Accad H390, and Calneh H3641, in the land H776 of Shinar H8152.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 -

“Reuben H7205, you are my firstborn H1060,

My might H3581 and the beginning H7225 of my strength H202,

Preeminent H3499 in dignity H7613 and preeminent H3499 in power H5794.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 -

“You shall bring H935 the choice H7225 first H1061 fruits H1061 of your soil H127 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 your God H430.

“You are not to boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in the milk H2461 of its mother H517.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 -

“You shall bring H935 the very first H7225 of the first H1061 fruits H1061 of your soil H127 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 your God H430.

“You shall not boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in its mother’s H517 milk H2461.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:12 - ‘As an offering H7133 of first H7225 fruits H7225 you shall bring H7126 them to the LORD H3068, but they shall not ascend H5927 as a soothing H5207 aroma H7381 on the altar H4196.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:10 - “Speak H1696 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and say H559 to them, ‘When H3588 you enter H935 the land H776 which H834 I am going to give H5414 to you and you gather H7114 its harvest H7105, then you shall bring H935 in H935 the sheaf H6016 of the first H7225 fruits H7225 of your harvest H7105 to the priest H3548.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:20 - ‘Of the first H7225 of your [fn]dough H6182 you shall lift H7311 up H7311 a loaf H2471 as an [fn]offering H8641; as an [fn]offering H8641 of the threshing H1637 floor H1637, so H3651 you shall lift H7311 it up H7311.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:21 - ‘From the first H7225 of your [fn]dough H6182 you shall give H5414 to the LORD H3068 an [fn]offering H8641 throughout your generations H1755.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:12 - “All H3605 the [fn]best H2459 of the fresh H3323 oil H3323 and all H3605 the [fn]best H2459 of the fresh H8492 wine H8492 and of the grain H1715, the first H7225 fruits H7225 of what H834 they give H5414 to the LORD H3068, I have given H5414 them to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 -

And he looked H7200 at Amalek H6002 and took H5375 up H5375 his discourse H4912 and said H559,

“Amalek H6002 was the first H7225 of the nations H1471,

But his end H319 shall be [fn]destruction H8.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:12 - a land H776 for which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 cares H1875; the eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 are continually H8548 on it, from the [fn]beginning H7225 even to the end H319 of the year H8141.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:4 - “You shall give H5414 him the first H7225 fruits H7225 of your grain H1715, your new H8492 wine H8492, and your oil H3323, and the first H7225 fleece H1488 of your sheep H6629.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - “On H3588 the H3588 contrary H3588, he shall acknowledge H5234 the firstborn H1060, the son H1121 of the [fn]unloved H8130 wife, by giving H5414 him a double H8147 [fn]portion H6310 of everything H3605 that [fn]he owns H4672, for he was the beginning H7225 of his [fn]strength H202; to him belongs the right H4941 of the firstborn H1060.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2 - that you shall take H3947 some H4480 of the first H7225 of all H3605 the produce H6529 of the ground H127 which H834 you bring H935 in H935 from your land H776 that the LORD H3068 your God H430 gives H5414 you, and you shall put H7760 it in a basket H2935 and go H1980 to the place H4725 where H834 H8033 the LORD H3068 your God H430 chooses H977 to establish H7931 His name H8034.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10 - ‘And now H6258 behold H2009, I have brought H935 the first H7225 of the produce H6529 of the ground H127 which H834 You, LORD H3068 have given H5414 me.’ Then you shall set H5117 it before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God H430, and worship H2331 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God H430;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 -

“Then he [fn]selected H7200 the choicest H7225 part for himself,

For there H8033 the ruler’s H2710 portion H2513 was [fn]reserved H5603;

And he came H857 with the leaders H7218 of the people H5971;

He executed H6213 the justice H6666 of the LORD H3068,

And His ordinances H4941 with Israel H3478.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - ‘Why H4100 are you [fn]showing H1163 contempt H1163 for My sacrifice H2077 and My offering H4503 which H834 I have commanded H6680 for My dwelling H4583, and why are you honoring H3513 your sons H1121 above H4480 Me, by making H1254 yourselves fat H1254 with the [fn]choicest H7225 of every H3605 offering H4503 of My people H5971 Israel H3478?’
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:21 - “But the people H5971 took H3947 some of the spoils H7998, sheep H6629 and oxen H1241, the choicest H7225 of the things H2764 designated H2764 for H2764 destruction H2764, to sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 your God H430 at Gilgal H1537.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5 - As soon as the [fn]order H1697 spread H6555, the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 abundantly H7235 provided H7235 the first H7225 fruits H7225 of grain H1715, new H8492 wine H8492, oil H3323, honey H1706, and of all H3605 the produce H8393 of the field H7704; and they brought H935 in H935 abundantly H7230 the tithe H4643 of everything H3605.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - We will also bring H935 the first H7225 of our [fn]dough H6182, our contributions H8641, the fruit H6529 of every H3605 tree H6086, the new H8492 wine H8492, and the oil H3323 to the priests H3548 at the chambers H3957 of the house H1004 of our God H430, and the tithe H4643 of our ground H127 to the Levites H3881, for the Levites H3881 are they who receive H6237 the tithes H6237 in all H3605 the rural H5656 towns H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 -

On that day H3117 men H376 were also appointed H6485 over H5921 the chambers H5393 for the supplies H214, the contributions H8641, the first H7225 fruits H7225, and the tithes H4643, to gather H3664 into them from the fields H7704 of the cities H5892 the portions H4521 required by the Law H8451 for the priests H3548 and Levites H3881; for Judah H3063 rejoiced H8057 over H5921 the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 who [fn]served H5975.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:7 -

“Though your beginning H7225 was insignificant H4705,

Yet your end H319 will increase H7685 greatly H3966.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:19 -

“He is the first H7225 of the ways H1870 of God H410;

Let his Maker H6213 bring H5066 His sword H2719 near H5066.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - The LORD H3068 blessed H1288 the latter H319 days of Job H347 more H4480 than H4480 his beginning H7225; and he had H1961 fourteen H702 H6240 thousand H505 sheep H6629, six H8337 thousand H505 camels H1581, a thousand H505 yoke H6776 of oxen H1241, and a thousand H505 female H860 donkeys H860.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:51 -

And struck H5221 all H3605 the firstborn H1060 in Egypt H4714,

The first H7225 and H7225 best H7225 of their vigor H202 in the tents H168 of Ham H2526.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:36 -

He also fatally H5221 struck H5221 all H3605 the firstborn H1060 in their land H776,

The first H7225 fruits H7225 of all H3605 their vigor H202.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:10 -

The [fn]fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is the beginning H7225 of wisdom H2451;

All H3605 those who [fn]follow H6213 His commandments have a good H2896 understanding H7922;

His praise H8416 endures H5975 forever H5703.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 -

The fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is the beginning H7225 of knowledge H1847;

Fools H191 despise H936 wisdom H2451 and instruction H4148.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:9 -

Honor H3513 the LORD H3068 from your wealth H1952,

And from the first H7225 of all H3605 your produce H8393;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:7 -

“The [fn]beginning H7225 of wisdom H2451 is: Acquire H7069 wisdom H2451;

And with all H3605 your possessions H7075, acquire H7069 understanding H998.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:22 -

“The LORD H3068 [fn]created H7069 me at the beginning H7225 of His way H1870,

Before H6924 His works H4659 [fn]of H227 old H227.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 -

The beginning H7225 of strife H4066 is like letting H6362 out H6362 water H4325,

So abandon H5203 the quarrel H7379 before H6440 it breaks H1566 out H1566.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:8 -

The end H319 of a matter H1697 is better H2896 than H4480 its beginning H7225;

Patience H750 of spirit H7307 is better H2896 than H4480 arrogance H1364 of spirit H7307.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 -

Declaring H5046 the end H319 from the beginning H7225,

And from ancient H6924 times H6924 things which H834 have not been done H6213,

Saying H559, ‘My plan H6098 will be established H6965,

And I will accomplish H6213 all H3605 My good H2656 pleasure H2656’;

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3 -

“Israel H3478 was holy H6944 to the LORD H3068,

The first H7225 of His harvest H8393.

All H3605 who ate H398 of it became H816 guilty H816;

Evil H7451 came H935 upon them,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:1 -

In the beginning H7225 of the reign H4468 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063, this H2088 word H1697 came H1961 from the LORD H3068, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:1 -

In the beginning H7225 of the reign H4467 of [fn]Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063, this H2088 word H1697 came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 from the LORD H3068, saying H559

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:1 -

Now in the same H1931 year H8141, in the beginning H7225 of the reign H4467 of Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the fourth H7243 year H8141, in the fifth H2549 month H2320, Hananiah H2608 the prophet H5030 the son H1121 of Azzur H5809, who H834 was from Gibeon H1391, spoke H559 to me at the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 in the sight H5869 of the priests H3548 and all H3605 the people H5971, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34 -

The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 that came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 concerning H413 Elam H5867, at the beginning H7225 of the reign H4438 of Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063, saying H559:

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 -

“This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 says H559:

‘Behold H2009, I am going to break H7665 the bow H7198 of Elam H5867,

The [fn]finest H7225 of their might H1369.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - “For on My holy H6944 mountain H2022, on the high H4791 mountain H2022 of Israel H3478,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068, “there H8033 the entire H3605 house H1004 of Israel H3478, all H3605 of them, will serve H5647 Me in the land H776; there H8033 I will accept H7521 them and there H8033 I will demand H1875 your contributions H8641 and the choicest H7225 of your gifts H4864, with all H3605 your holy H6944 things H6944.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:30 - “And the first H7225 of all H3605 the first H1061 fruits H1061 of every H3605 kind and every H3605 [fn]contribution H8641 of every H3605 kind, from all H3605 your [fn]contributions H8641, shall be for the priests H3548; you shall also give H5414 to the priest H3548 the first H7225 of your [fn]dough H6182, to make a blessing H1293 rest H5117 on your house H1004.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:14 - “Moreover, they shall not sell H4376 or exchange H4171 any H4480 of it, or allow H5674 this [fn]choice H7225 portion of land H776 to H5674 pass H5674 to others; for it is holy H6944 to the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41 - “He will also enter H935 the [fn]Beautiful H6643 Land H776, and many H7227 countries will fall H3782; but these H428 will be rescued H4422 out of his hand H3027: Edom H123, Moab H4124, and the foremost H7225 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 -

I found H4672 Israel H3478 like grapes H6025 in the wilderness H4057;

I saw H7200 your forefathers H1 as the earliest H1063 fruit H1063 on the fig H8384 tree H8384 in its first H7225 season.

But they came H935 to Baal-peor H1187 and devoted H5144 themselves to [fn]shame H1322,

And they became H1961 as detestable H8251 as that which H159 they loved H157.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 -

Woe H1945 to those who are carefree H7600 in Zion H6726,

And to those who feel H982 secure H982 on the mountain H2022 of Samaria H8111,

The dignitaries H5344 of the foremost H7225 of nations H1471,

To whom H1992 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 comes H935.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:6 -

Who drink H8354 wine H3196 from sacred H4219 bowls H4219

While they anoint H4886 themselves with the finest H7225 of oils H8081

Yet they have not grieved H2470 over H5921 the collapse H7667 of Joseph H3130.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:13 -

Harness H7573 the chariot H4818 to the team H7409 of H7409 horses H7409,

You inhabitant H3427 of Lachish H3923

She was the beginning H7225 of sin H2403

To the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726

Because H3588 in you were found H4672

The rebellious H6588 acts H6588 of Israel H3478.

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