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Lexicon :: Strong's H7223 - ri'šôn

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רִאשׁוֹן
Transliteration
ri'šôn
Pronunciation
ree-shone'
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Part of Speech
adjective, adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2097c

Strong’s Definitions

רִאשׁוֹן riʼshôwn, ree-shone'; or רִאשֹׁן riʼshôn; from H7221; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun):—ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 185x

The KJV translates Strong's H7223 in the following manner: first (129x), former (26x), former things (6x), beginning (4x), chief (3x), before (3x), old time (2x), foremost (3x), aforetime (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 185x
The KJV translates Strong's H7223 in the following manner: first (129x), former (26x), former things (6x), beginning (4x), chief (3x), before (3x), old time (2x), foremost (3x), aforetime (1x), miscellaneous (8x).
adjective
  1. first, primary, former

    1. former (of time)

      1. ancestors

      2. former things

    2. foremost (of location)

    3. first (in time)

    4. first, chief (in degree)

      adverb
  2. first, before, formerly, at first

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רִאשׁוֹן riʼshôwn, ree-shone'; or רִאשֹׁן riʼshôn; from H7221; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun):—ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
STRONGS H7223: Abbreviations
רִאשׁוֺן 182 adjective former, first, chief (i heightened from original a, see √); — absolute ר׳ Hosea 2:19 +, שֹׁן- Exodus 12:15 +, רִישׁוֺן Job 8:8, construct רִאשׁוֺן Job 15:7 Qr (Kt ראישון and so always Manuscript Sam. Pentateuch, see Köii. 1, 225 n); feminine רִאשֹׁנָה Judges 20:37 + (Joshua 21:10 Kt ראישנה see above); masculine plural רִאשֹׁנִים Exodus 34:1 +, feminine plural רִאשֹׁנוֺת Isaiah 41:22 +, etc.; —
1. former:
a. in time, former of two Genesis 25:25 (J), Genesis 41:20 (E), Deuteronomy 10:1, 2, 3, 4, 10; Deuteronomy 24:4, compare Hosea 2:9; Leviticus 4:21; Leviticus 9:15 (both P), Judges 20:39; 2 Kings 1:14; Haggai 2:3, 9; Ezra 3:12 +; more generally former, previous, Numbers 21:26 (JE), Micah 4:8; 2 Kings 17:34, 40; Zechariah 1:4; Zechariah 7:7, 12; Zechariah 8:11; Nehemiah 5:15; Eccl 17:10; Psalm 79:8 +; כָּעֵת הָ ר׳ Isaiah 8:23; דִּבְרֵי דויד הָ ר׳ 1 Chronicles 29:29 the doings of David, the former and the latter (הָאַחֲדֹנִים), compare 2 Chronicles 9:29; 12:15; 16:11; 20:34; 25:26; 26:22; 28:26; 35:27; early days of harvest 2 Samuel 21:9; רִאשֹׁנִים as substantive, former persons, ancestors, men of old, Deuteronomy 19:14; Leviticus 26:45 (H), Ecclesiastes 1:11 (opposed to אַחֲרֹנִים); (תָ)רִאשֹׁנוֺת as substantive the former things, i.e. past events Isaiah 41:22; Isaiah 43:9, 18; Isaiah 46:9; Isaiah 48:3, earlier predictions Isaiah 42:9.
b. location, foremost, of two 2 Samuel 18:27.
2. first:
a. in time, הַמַּכָּה הָ ר׳ 1 Samuel 14:14 the first slaughter (preliminary to general carnage); וְלֹאהָֿיָה דְּבָרִי ר׳ 2 Samuel 19:44 was not my word first? ר׳ in apposition with person subject 2 Samuel 19:21 I am come as first, compare perhaps Isaiah 41:27 (insert אָמַרְתִּי Ges De < read הִגַּדְתִּים for הִנֵּה הִנָּם CheHpt Kit Di), and הָ ר׳ Jeremiah 50:17 (opposed to הָאַחֲרוֺן), Isaiah 43:27; ר׳ absolute, first of mankind Job 15:17; absolute of י׳, I (an the) first Isaiah 41:4 (+אֶתֿ אַחֲדֹנִים), + אַחְרוֺן Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 48:12; absolute of time, מֵרִאשׁוֺן Jeremiah 17:12 from the beginning; especially first of a def. series (sometimes opposed to אַחֲרוֺן). first day of feast Deuteronomy 16:4; Exodus 12:15 (twice in verse); Exodus 12:16 + 5 times P (H), Nehemiah 8:18, usually first month (חֹרֶשׁ) Exodus 40:2, 17; Leviticus 23:5 + 6 times P, 1 Chronicles 12:16 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:15) + 10 times Chronicles, Ezra, Esther 3:7; Daniel 10:4, חֹדֶשׁ omitted Genesis 8:13; Exodus 12:2, 18; Numbers 9:5 (all P) Ezekiel 29:17; Ezekiel 30:20; Ezekiel 45:18, 21, so Joel 2:23, but read כָּרִאשׁוֺנָה (3a) Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version We Now and Dr.
b. first in degree, chief: יַד רִאשׁוֹנָה ֗֗֗ הַשָּׂרִים Ezra 9:2 the hand of the princes... has been first in this trespass; 1 Chronicles 18:17; Daniel 10:13 (Chronicles, Esther 1:14 below).
3.
a. feminine with preposition as adverb phrase:
(1) of time, בָּרִאשֹׁנָה Genesis 13:4 (J), = before, formerly, so Joshua 8:5, 6 (JE), 2 Samuel 7:10; 2 Samuel 20:18; Jeremiah 7:12; Isaiah 52:4, לָר׳ = before, formerly, Genesis 28:19 (J), Judges 18:29; so כְּבָר׳ as formerly Judges 20:32; 1 Kings 13:6; Isaiah 1:26; Jeremiah 33:7, 11, = כָּ ר׳ Deuteronomy 9:15; Daniel 11:29 (opposed to כָּאַחֲרוֺנָה); בָּר = at first, first of all, Deuteronomy 13:10; Deuteronomy 17:7; Numbers 10:13 (P) Joshua 8:33 (D), 1 Kings 17:13; 1 Kings 20:9; Zechariah 12:7; Proverbs 20:21 (opposed to אַחֲרִיתָהּ), 1 Chronicles 11:6 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 17:9; Nehemiah 7:5; לְמַבָּרִאשׁוֺנָה 1 Chronicles 15:13 (= לְמַהבָּֿר׳) for what was at first, etc. (מָךְ 1e);
(2) location, בָּר׳ i.e. at the head of an army 1 Kings 20:17, a procession Numbers 10:14 (P), compare Isaiah 60:9.
b. רִאשֹׁנָה alone as adverb:
(1) of time first Genesis 38:28 (J), 1 Kings 18:25; Jeremiah 16:18; Leviticus 5:8; Numbers 2:9; Joshua 21:10 (all P), Isaiah 65:7 (Ew De Che Di Du Skinner, >adjective Ges Hi Kn);
(2) of place Genesis 33:2 (J);
(3) of degree, rank, Esther 1:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:13; 13:4; 25:25; 28:19; 33:2; 38:28; 41:20

Exodus

12:2; 12:15; 12:15; 12:16; 12:18; 34:1; 40:2; 40:17

Leviticus

4:21; 5:8; 9:15; 23:5; 26:45

Numbers

2:9; 9:5; 10:13; 10:14; 21:26

Deuteronomy

9:15; 10:1; 10:2; 10:3; 10:4; 10:10; 13:10; 16:4; 17:7; 19:14; 24:4

Joshua

8:5; 8:6; 8:33; 21:10; 21:10

Judges

18:29; 20:32; 20:37; 20:39

1 Samuel

14:14

2 Samuel

7:10; 18:27; 19:21; 20:18; 21:9

1 Kings

13:6; 17:13; 18:25; 20:9; 20:17

2 Kings

1:14; 17:34; 17:40

1 Chronicles

11:6; 12:15; 12:16; 15:13; 17:9; 18:17; 29:29

2 Chronicles

9:29; 12:15; 16:11; 20:34; 25:26; 26:22; 28:26; 35:27

Ezra

3:12; 9:2

Nehemiah

5:15; 7:5; 8:18

Esther

1:14; 1:14; 3:7

Job

8:8; 15:7; 15:17

Psalms

79:8

Proverbs

20:21

Ecclesiastes

1:11

Isaiah

1:26; 41:4; 41:22; 41:22; 41:27; 42:9; 43:9; 43:18; 43:27; 44:6; 46:9; 48:3; 48:12; 52:4; 60:9; 65:7

Jeremiah

7:12; 16:18; 17:12; 33:7; 33:11; 50:17

Ezekiel

29:17; 30:20; 45:18; 45:21

Daniel

10:4; 10:13; 11:29

Hosea

2:9; 2:19

Joel

2:23

Micah

4:8

Haggai

2:3; 2:9

Zechariah

1:4; 7:7; 7:12; 8:11; 12:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7223 matches the Hebrew רִאשׁוֹן (ri'šôn),
which occurs 182 times in 174 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 8:13–Deu 17:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 -

In the six hundred first year,[fn] in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water that had covered the earth was dried up. Then Noah removed the ark’s cover and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 -

to the site where he had built the altar. And Abram called on the name of the LORD there.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:25 -

The first one came out red-looking,[fn] covered with hair[fn] like a fur coat, and they named him Esau.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 -

There was another famine in the land in addition to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:19 -

and named the place Bethel,[fn] though previously the city was named Luz.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:17 -

And he told the first one, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘Who do you belong to? Where are you going? And whose animals are these ahead of you? ’

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 -

He put the slaves and their children first, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:28 -

As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand, and the midwife took it and tied a scarlet thread around it, announcing, “This one came out first.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:13 -

“In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand the way you used to when you were his cupbearer.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20 -

“Then the thin, sickly cows ate the first seven well-fed cows.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:8 -

“If they will not believe you and will not respond to the evidence of the first sign, they may believe the evidence of the second sign.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:2 -

“This month is to be the beginning of months for you; it is the first month of your year.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 -

“You must eat unleavened bread for seven days. On the first day you must remove yeast from your houses. Whoever eats what is leavened from the first day through the seventh day must be cut off from Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:16 -

“You are to hold a sacred assembly on the first day and another sacred assembly on the seventh day. No work may be done on those days except for preparing what people need to eat ​— ​you may do only that.

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“You are to eat unleavened bread in the first month, from the evening of the fourteenth day of the month until the evening of the twenty-first day.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:1 -

The LORD said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:4 -

Moses cut two stone tablets like the first ones. He got up early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hand, he climbed Mount Sinai, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:2 -

“You are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:17 -

The tabernacle was set up in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:21 -

“Then he will bring the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 -

“He is to bring them to the priest, who will first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the back of the neck without severing it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:15 -

Aaron presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and made a sin offering with it as he did before.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:5 -

“The Passover to the LORD comes in the first month, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the month.

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“On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:35 -

“There is to be a sacred assembly on the first day; you are not to do any daily work.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:39 -

“You are to celebrate the LORD’s festival on the fifteenth day of the seventh month for seven days after you have gathered the produce of the land. There will be complete rest on the first day and complete rest on the eighth day.

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“On the first day you are to take the product of majestic trees ​— ​palm fronds, boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook ​— ​and rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:45 -

“For their sake I will remember the covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God; I am the LORD.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:9 -

“The total number in their military divisions who belong to Judah’s encampment is 186,400; they will move out first.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:12 -

“He is to rededicate his time of consecration to the LORD and to bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But do not count the initial period of consecration because it became defiled.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:12 -

The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:1 -

In the first month of the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, the LORD told Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 -

and they observed it in the first month on the fourteenth day at twilight in the Wilderness of Sinai. The Israelites did everything as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:13 -

They set out for the first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:14 -

The military divisions of the camp of Judah’s descendants with their banner set out first, and Nahshon son of Amminadab was over their divisions.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:1 -

The entire Israelite community entered the Wilderness of Zin in the first month, and they[fn] settled in Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 -

Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken control of all his land as far as the Arnon.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:16 -

“The Passover to the LORD comes in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:18 -

“On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:3 -

They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month. On the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantly[fn] in the sight of all the Egyptians.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 -

“Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created mankind[fn] on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:18 -

“I fell down like the first time in the presence of the LORD for forty days and forty nights; I did not eat food or drink water because of all the sin you committed, doing what was evil in the LORD’s sight and angering him.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:1 -

“The LORD said to me at that time, ‘Cut two stone tablets like the first ones and come to me on the mountain and make a wooden ark.

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“I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you are to place them in the ark.’

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“So I made an ark of acacia wood, cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and climbed the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:4 -

“Then on the day of the assembly, the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that he had spoken to you on the mountain from the fire. The LORD gave them to me,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:10 -

“I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights like the first time. The LORD also listened to me on this occasion; he agreed not to annihilate you.

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“Instead, you must kill him. Your hand is to be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

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“No yeast is to be found anywhere in your territory for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day is to remain until morning.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:7 -

“The witnesses’ hands are to be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from you.


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