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Lexicon :: Strong's H8462 - tᵊḥillâ

Aa
תְּחִלָּה
Transliteration
tᵊḥillâ
Pronunciation
tekh-il-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From חָלַל (H2490) in the sense of opening
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TWOT Reference: 661d

Strong’s Definitions

תְּחִלָּה tᵉchillâh, tekh-il-law'; from H2490 in the sense of opening; a commencement; relatively original (adverb, -ly):—begin(-ning), first (time).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H8462 in the following manner: beginning (14x), first (5x), first time (2x), begin (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H8462 in the following manner: beginning (14x), first (5x), first time (2x), begin (1x).

  1. beginning, first

    1. the first time

    2. from the beginning, in the beginning (with prep)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תְּחִלָּה tᵉchillâh, tekh-il-law'; from H2490 in the sense of opening; a commencement; relatively original (adverb, -ly):—begin(-ning), first (time).
STRONGS H8462: Abbreviations
† תְּחִלָּה noun feminine beginning, הַתְּחִלָּה Nehemiah 11:17 (read הַתְּחִלָּה Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate SS Öttli), בַּתְּחִלָּה Genesis 13:3 + 10 times; construct תְּחִלַּת Hosea 1:2; Proverbs 9:10; Ecclesiastes 10:13, בִּתְחִלַּת 2 Kings 17:25 + 4 times, תְ֯חִלַּת. 2 Samuel 21:9, מִתְּחִלַּת 2 Samuel 21:10: — construct with nouns חָכְמָה תּ׳ Proverbs 9:10 the beginning, first principle of wisdom דִּבְרֵי תּ׳ Ecclesiastes 10:13 the first word, followed by rel. clause דִּבֶּר י׳ תּ׳ at the beginning of, Yahweh spake (= when Yahweh first spake) Hosea 1:2; preceded by preposition מִן 2 Samuel 21:10, elsewhere by בְּ in the beginning, of the harvest Ruth 1:22; 2 Samuel 21:9 (Qr), of the kingdom Ezra 4:6, of their dwelling there 2 Kings 17:25, of supplications Daniel 9:23, of the shooting up of vegetation Amos 7:1, כְּבַתְּ׳ as in the beginning Isaiah 1:26; בַּתְּ׳ at first, first in order Judges 1:1; Judges 20:18 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 17:9; at the first, first (or former) time, i.e. first in a series of occurrences, Genesis 13:3 (J), Genesis 41:21 (E), Genesis 43:18, 20 (J), Daniel 8:1; Daniel 9:21.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:3; 13:3; 41:21; 43:18; 43:20

Judges

1:1; 20:18

Ruth

1:22

2 Samuel

17:9; 21:9; 21:9; 21:10; 21:10

2 Kings

17:25; 17:25

Ezra

4:6

Nehemiah

11:17

Proverbs

9:10; 9:10

Ecclesiastes

10:13; 10:13

Isaiah

1:26

Daniel

8:1; 9:21; 9:23

Hosea

1:2; 1:2

Amos

7:1

H8462

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8462 matches the Hebrew תְּחִלָּה (tᵊḥillâ),
which occurs 23 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - Now the men H376 were H3372 afraid H3372, because H3588 they were brought H935 to Joseph’s H3130 house H1004; and they said H559, “It is because H5921 H1697 of the money H3701 that was returned H7725 in our sacks H572 the first H8462 time H8462 that we are being brought H935 in H935, so that he may [fn]attack H1556 us and [fn]overpower H5307 us, and take H3947 us as slaves H5650 with our donkeys H2543.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20 - and said H559, “Oh H994, my lord H113, we indeed H3381 came H3381 down H3381 the first H8462 time H8462 to buy H7666 food H400,

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Now it came H1961 about H1961 after H310 the death H4194 of Joshua H3091 that the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 inquired H7592 of the LORD H3068, saying H559, “Who H4310 shall go H5927 up H5927 first H8462 for us against H413 the Canaanites H3669, to fight H3898 against them?”

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Now the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 set H6965 out H6965, went H5927 up H5927 to Bethel H1008, and inquired H7592 of God H430 and said H559, “Who H4310 shall go H5927 up H5927 first H8462 for us to battle H4421 against H5973 the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144?” Then the LORD H3068 said H559, “Judah H3063 shall go up first H8462.”

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So Naomi H5281 returned H7725, and with her Ruth H7327 the Moabitess H4125, her daughter-in-law H3618, who returned H7725 from the land H7704 of Moab H4124. And they came H935 to Bethlehem H1035 at the beginning H8462 of barley H8184 harvest H7105.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - “Behold H2009, he has now H6258 hidden H2244 himself H1931 in one H259 of the ravines H6354, or H176 in another H259 place H4725; and it will be that when he falls H5307 on them at the first H8462 attack, whoever hears H8085 it will say H559, ‘There has been H1961 a slaughter H4046 among the people H5971 who H834 follow H310 Absalom H53!’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:9 - Then he handed H5414 H3027 them over to the Gibeonites H1393, and they [fn]hanged H3363 them on the mountain H2022 before H6440 the LORD H3068, so that the seven H7651 of them fell H5307 together H3162; and they were put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 in the first H7223 days H3117 of harvest H7105 at the beginning H8462 of barley H8184 harvest H7105.

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And Rizpah H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah H345 took H3947 sackcloth H8242 and spread H5186 it out H5186 for herself on the rock H6697, from the beginning H8462 of harvest H7105 until H5704 [fn]it rained H5413 on them from the sky H8064; and she [fn]allowed H5414 neither H3808 the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 to rest H5117 on them by day H3119 nor H3808 the wild H7704 animals H2416 by night H3915.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:25 - And at the beginning H8462 of their living H3427 there H8033, they did not fear H3372 the LORD H3068; therefore the LORD H3068 sent H7971 lions H738 among them that were killing H2026 some of them.

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Now in the reign H4438 of [fn]Ahasuerus H325, in the beginning H8462 of his reign H4438, they wrote H3789 an accusation H7855 against H5921 the inhabitants H3427 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389.

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The fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is the beginning H8462 of wisdom H2451,

And the knowledge H1847 of the Holy H6918 One H6918 is understanding H998.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:13 - the beginning H8462 of [fn]his talking H1697 H6310 is foolishness H5531, and the end H319 of [fn]it is evil H7451 insanity H1948.

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“Then I will restore H7725 your judges H8199 as at first H7223,

And your counselors H3289 as at the beginning H8462;

After H310 that you will be called H7121 the city H5892 of righteousness H6664,

A faithful H539 city H7151.”

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In the third H7969 year H8141 of the reign H4438 of Belshazzar H1112 the king H4428, a vision H2377 appeared H7200 to me, [fn]Daniel H1840, subsequent H310 to the one which appeared H7200 to me [fn]previously H8462.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:23 - “At the beginning H8462 of your pleas H8469 the [fn]command H1697 was issued H3318, and I have come H935 to tell H5046 you, because H3588 you are [fn]highly H2532 esteemed H2532; so pay H995 attention H995 to the message H1697 and gain H995 understanding H995 of the vision H4758.

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When the LORD H3068 first H8462 spoke H1696 through Hosea H1954, the LORD H3068 said H559 to Hosea H1954, “Go H1980, take H3947 for yourself a wife H802 [fn]inclined to infidelity H2183, and children H3206 of infidelity H2183; for the land H776 commits H2181 flagrant H2181 infidelity H2181, [fn]abandoning H4480 H310 the LORD H3068.”

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This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 showed H7200 me, and behold H2009, He was forming H3335 a swarm H1462 of H1462 locusts H1462 [fn]when the spring H3954 crop H3954 began H8462 to sprout H5927. And behold H2009, the spring H3954 crop H3954 was after H310 the king’s H4428 mowing H1488.

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