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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.; —
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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:1 - In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:10 - And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Orech, and Archad, and Chalanne, in the land of Senaar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 - Ruben, thou [fn]art my first-born, thou my strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, hard and self-willed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - Thou shalt bring the first-offerings of the first-fruits of thy land into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a lamb in its mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - The first-fruits of thy land shalt thou put into the house of the Lord thy God: thou shalt not boil a lamb in his mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:12 - Ye shall bring them in the way of fruits to the Lord, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a sweet-smelling savour to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:10 - Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, When ye shall enter into the land which I give you, and reap the harvest of it, then shall ye bring a sheaf, the first-fruits of your harvest, to the priest;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:20 - Ye shall offer your bread a heave-offering: as a heave-offering from the threshing-floor, so shall ye separate it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:21 - even the first-fruits of your dough, and ye shall give the Lord a heave-offering throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:12 - Every first-offering of oil, and every first-offering of wine, their first-fruits of corn, whatsoever they may give to the Lord, to thee have I given them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 - And having seen Amalec, he took up his parable and said, Amalec is the first of the nations; yet his seed shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:12 - A land which the Lord thy God surveys continually, the eyes of the Lord thy God are upon it from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:4 - and the first-fruits of thy corn, and of thy wine, and of thine oil; and thou shalt give to him the first-fruits of the fleeces of thy sheep:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - But he shall acknowledge the first-born of the hated one to give to him double of all things which shall be found by him, because he is the [fn]first of his children, and to him belongs the birthright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2 - that thou shalt take of the first of the fruits of thy land, which the Lord thy God gives thee, and thou shalt put them into a basket, and thou shalt go to the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to have his name called there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10 - And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruits of the land, which thou gavest me, O Lord, a land flowing with milk and honey: and thou shalt leave it before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt worship before the Lord thy God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 - And he saw his first-fruits, that there the land of the princes gathered with the chiefs of the people was divided; the Lord wrought righteousness, and his judgment with Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - And wherefore hast thou looked upon my incense-offering and my meat-offering with a shameless eye, and hast honoured thy sons above me, so that they should bless themselves with the first-fruits of every sacrifice of Israel before me?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:21 - But the people took of the spoils the best flocks and herds out of that which was destroyed, to sacrifice before the Lord our God in Galgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5 - And as he gave the command, Israel brought abundantly first-fruits of corn, and wine, and oil, and honey, and every fruit of the field: and the children of Israel and Juda brought tithes of everything abundantly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - (LXX 10:38) And the first-fruits of our corn, and the fruit of every tree, of wine, and of oil, will we bring to the priests to the treasury of the house of God; and a tithe of our land to the Levites: for the Levites themselves shall receive tithes in all the cities of the land we cultivate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 - And in that day they appointed men over the treasuries, for the treasures, the first-fruits, and the tithes, and for the chiefs of the cities who were assembled among them, to furnish portions for the priests and Levites: for there was joy in Juda over the priests and over the Levites that waited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:7 - Though then thy beginning should be small, yet thy end should be unspeakably great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:19 - This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job, more than the beginning: and his cattle were fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, a thousand she-asses of the pastures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:51

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:51 - (LXX 77:51) and smote every first-born in the land of Egypt; the first-fruits of their labours in the tents of Cham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:36 - (LXX 104:36) He smote also every first-born of their land, the first-fruits of all their labour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:10 - (LXX 110:10) The fear of the Lord is the [fn]beginning of wisdom, and all that act accordingly have a good understanding; his praise endures for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 - The fear of the Lord is the [fn]beginning of wisdom; and there is good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:9 - Honour the Lord with thy just labours, and give him the first of thy fruits of righteousness:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:22 - The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:8 - The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 - telling beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together: and I said, All my counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3 - Israel was the holy people to the Lord, and the first-fruits of his increase: all that devoured him shall offend; evils shall come upon them, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:1 - (LXX 33:1) In the beginning of the Reign of King Joakim Son of Josias there came this Word from the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:1 - (LXX 35:1) And it came to pass in the fourth year of Sedekias king of Juda, in the fifth month, that Ananias the false prophet, the son of Azor, from Gabaon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the sight of the priests and all the people, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34 - (LXX 25:20) In the beginning of the reign of king Sedekias, there came this word concerning Ælam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 - (LXX 25:15) Thus saith the Lord, The bow of Ælam is broken, even the chief of their power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - For upon my holy mountain, on the high mountain, saith the Lord, even the Lord, there shall all the house of Israel serve me for ever: and there will I accept you, and there will I have respect to your first-fruits, and the first-fruits of your offerings, in all your holy things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:30 - And the first-fruits of all things, and the first-born of all animals and all offerings, of all your first-fruits there shall be a share for the priests; and ye shall give your earliest produce to the priest, to bring your blessings upon your houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:14 - No part of it shall be sold, nor measured as for sale, neither shall the first-fruits of the land be taken away: for they are holy to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41 - and he shall enter into the land of beauty, and many shall fail: but these shall escape out of his hand, Edom, and, Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - I found Israel as grapes in the wilderness, and I saw their fathers as an early watchman in a fig-tree: they went in to Beel-phegor, and were shamefully estranged, and the abominable became as the beloved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 - Woe to them that set at nought Sion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered the harvest of the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:6 - who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment: and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:13 - even a sound of chariots and horsemen: the inhabitants of Lachis, she is the leader of sin to the daughter of Sion: for in thee were found the transgressions of Israel.
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