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Lexicon :: Strong's H7225 - rē'šîṯ

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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 *רְאֵשִׁית NöGGA 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.; —
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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:1 - in principio creavit Deus caelum et terram

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:10 - fuit autem principium regni eius Babylon et Arach et Archad et Chalanne in terra Sennaar

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 - Ruben primogenitus meus tu fortitudo mea et principium doloris mei prior in donis maior imperio

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - primitias frugum terrae tuae deferes in domum Domini Dei tui nec coques hedum in lacte matris suae

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - primitias frugum terrae tuae offeres in domum Domini Dei tui non coques hedum in lacte matris suae

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:12 - primitias tantum eorum offeretis et munera super altare vero non ponentur in odorem suavitatis

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:10 - loquere filiis Israhel et dices ad eos cum ingressi fueritis terram quam ego dabo vobis et messueritis segetem feretis manipulos spicarum primitias messis vestrae ad sacerdotem

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:20 - de cibis vestris sicut de areis primitias separatis

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:21 - ita et de pulmentis dabitis primitiva Domino

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:12 - omnem medullam olei et vini ac frumenti quicquid offerunt primitiarum Domino tibi dedi

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 - cumque vidisset Amalech adsumens parabolam ait principium gentium Amalech cuius extrema perdentur

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:12 - quam Dominus Deus tuus semper invisit et oculi illius in ea sunt a principio anni usque ad finem eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:4 - primitias frumenti vini et olei et lanarum partem ex ovium tonsione

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - sed filium odiosae agnoscet primogenitum dabitque ei de his quae habuerit cuncta duplicia iste est enim principium liberorum eius et huic debentur primogenita

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2 - tolles de cunctis frugibus primitias et pones in cartallo pergesque ad locum quem Dominus Deus tuus elegerit ut ibi invocetur nomen eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10 - et idcirco nunc offero primitias frugum terrae quam dedit Dominus mihi et dimittes eas in conspectu Domini Dei tui adorato Domino Deo tuo

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 - et vidit principatum suum quod in parte sua doctor esset repositus qui fuit cum principibus populi et fecit iustitias Domini et iudicium suum cum Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - quare calce abicitis victimam meam et munera mea quae praecepi ut offerrentur in templo et magis honorasti filios tuos quam me ut comederetis primitias omnis sacrificii Israhel populi mei

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:21 - tulit autem populus de praeda oves et boves primitias eorum quae caesa sunt ut immolet Domino Deo suo in Galgalis

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5 - quod cum percrebruisset in auribus multitudinis plurimas obtulere primitias filii Israhel frumenti vini et olei mellis quoque et omnium quae gignit humus decimas obtulerunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - et primitias ciborum nostrorum et libaminum nostrorum et poma omnis ligni vindemiae quoque et olei adferemus sacerdotibus ad gazofilacium Dei nostri et decimam partem terrae nostrae Levitis ipsi Levitae decimas accipient ex omnibus civitatibus operum nostrorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 - [Vulgate 12:43] recensuerunt quoque in die illa viros super gazofilacia thesauri ad libamina et ad primitias et ad decimas ut introferrent per eos principes civitatis in decore gratiarum actionis sacerdotes et Levitas quia laetatus est Iuda in sacerdotibus et Levitis adstantibus

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:7 - in tantum ut priora tua fuerint parva et novissima tua multiplicentur nimis

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:19 - [Vulgate 40:14] ipse principium est viarum Dei qui fecit eum adplicabit gladium eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - Dominus autem benedixit novissimis Iob magis quam principio eius et facta sunt ei quattuordecim milia ovium et sex milia camelorum et mille iuga boum et mille asinae

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:51

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:51 - [Vulgate 77:51] et percussit omne primogenitum in Aegypto principium partus in tabernaculis Cham

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:36 - [Vulgate 104:36] et percussit omne primogenitum in terra eorum primitias universi partus eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 111:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:10 - [Vulgate 110:10] res principium sapientiae timor Domini sen doctrina bona cunctis qui faciunt ea thau laus eius perseverans iugiter alleluia

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 - timor Domini principium scientiae sapientiam atque doctrinam stulti despiciunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:9 - honora Dominum de tua substantia et de primitiis omnium frugum tuarum

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:7 - principium sapientiae posside sapientiam et in omni possessione tua adquire prudentiam

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:22 - Dominus possedit me initium viarum suarum antequam quicquam faceret a principio

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - qui dimittit aquam caput est iurgiorum et antequam patiatur contumeliam iudicium deserit

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:8 - [Vulgate 7:9] melior est finis orationis quam principium melior est patiens arrogante

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 - adnuntians ab exordio novissimum et ab initio quae necdum facta sunt dicens consilium meum stabit et omnis voluntas mea fiet

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3 - sanctus Israhel Domino primitiae frugum eius omnes qui devorant eum delinquunt mala venient super eos dicit Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:1 - in principio regis Ioachim filii Iosiae regis Iuda factum est verbum istud a Domino dicens

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:1 - in principio regni Ioachim filii Iosiae regis Iuda factum est verbum istud ad Hieremiam a Domino dicens

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:1 - et factum est in anno illo in principio regni Sedeciae regis Iuda in anno quarto in mense quinto dixit ad me Ananias filius Azur propheta de Gabaon in domo Domini coram sacerdotibus et omni populo dicens

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34 - quod factum est verbum Domini ad Hieremiam prophetam adversus Aelam in principio regni Sedeciae regis Iuda dicens

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 - haec dicit Dominus exercituum ecce ego confringam arcum Aelam summam fortitudinem eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - in monte sancto meo in monte excelso Israhel ait Dominus Deus ibi serviet mihi omnis domus Israhel omnes inquam in terra in qua placebunt mihi et ibi quaeram primitias vestras et initium decimarum vestrarum in omnibus sanctificationibus vestris

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:30 - et primitiva omnium primogenitorum et omnia libamenta ex omnibus quae offeruntur sacerdotum erunt et primitiva ciborum vestrorum dabitis sacerdoti ut reponat benedictionem domui suae

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:14 - et non venundabunt ex eo neque mutabunt nec transferentur primitiae terrae quia sanctificatae sunt Domino

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41 - Et introibit in terram gloriosam, et multae corruent: hae autem solae salvabuntur de manu eius, Edom, et Moab, et principium filiorum Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - quasi uvas in deserto inveni Israhel quasi prima poma ficulneae in cacumine eius vidi patres eorum ipsi autem intraverunt ad Beelphegor et abalienati sunt in confusione et facti sunt abominabiles sicut ea quae dilexerunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 - vae qui opulenti estis in Sion et confiditis in monte Samariae optimates capita populorum ingredientes pompatice domum Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:6 - bibentes in fialis vinum et optimo unguento delibuti et nihil patiebantur super contritione Ioseph

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:13 - tumultus quadrigae stuporis habitanti Lachis principium peccati est filiae Sion quia in te inventa sunt scelera Israhel
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