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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 *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 created the heavens and the earth.

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

“Reuben, you are my firstborn,

My might and the beginning H7225 of my strength,

Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 -

“You shall bring the choice H7225 first fruits of your soil into the house of the LORD your God.

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

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 -

“You shall bring the very first H7225 of the first fruits of your soil into the house of the LORD your God.

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

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:12 - ‘As an offering of first H7225 fruits H7225 you shall bring them to the LORD, but they shall not ascend as a soothing aroma on the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:10 - “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and you gather its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first H7225 fruits H7225 of your harvest to the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:20 - ‘Of the first H7225 of your [fn]dough you shall lift up a loaf as an [fn]offering; as an [fn]offering of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:21 - ‘From the first H7225 of your [fn]dough you shall give to the LORD an [fn]offering throughout your generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:12 - “All the [fn]best of the fresh oil and all the [fn]best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first H7225 fruits H7225 of what they give to the LORD, I have given them to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 -

And he looked at Amalek and took up his discourse and said,

“Amalek was the first H7225 of the nations,

But his end shall be [fn]destruction.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:12 - a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are continually on it, from the [fn]beginning H7225 even to the end of the year.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:4 - “You shall give him the first H7225 fruits H7225 of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first H7225 fleece of your sheep.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - “On the contrary, he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the [fn]unloved wife, by giving him a double [fn]portion of everything that [fn]he owns, for he was the beginning H7225 of his [fn]strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2 - that you shall take some of the first H7225 of all the produce of the ground which you bring in from your land that the LORD your God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10 - ‘And now behold, I have brought the first H7225 of the produce of the ground which You, LORD have given me.’ Then you shall set it before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 -

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

For there the ruler’s portion was [fn]reserved;

And he came with the leaders of the people;

He executed the justice of the LORD,

And His ordinances with Israel.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - ‘Why are you [fn]showing contempt for My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded for My dwelling, and why are you honoring your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the [fn]choicest H7225 of every offering of My people Israel?’
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:21 - “But the people took some of the spoils, sheep and oxen, the choicest H7225 of the things designated for destruction, to sacrifice to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5 - As soon as the [fn]order spread, the sons of Israel abundantly provided the first H7225 fruits H7225 of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - We will also bring the first H7225 of our [fn]dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the new wine, and the oil to the priests at the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites, for the Levites are they who receive the tithes in all the rural towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 -

On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the supplies, the contributions, the first H7225 fruits H7225, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who [fn]served.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:7 -

“Though your beginning H7225 was insignificant,

Yet your end will increase greatly.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:19 -

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

Let his Maker bring His sword near.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning H7225; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:51 -

And struck all the firstborn in Egypt,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:36 -

He also fatally struck all the firstborn in their land,

The first H7225 fruits H7225 of all their vigor.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:10 -

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

All those who [fn]follow His commandments have a good understanding;

His praise endures forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 -

The fear of the LORD is the beginning H7225 of knowledge;

Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:9 -

Honor the LORD from your wealth,

And from the first H7225 of all your produce;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:7 -

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

And with all your possessions, acquire understanding.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:22 -

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

Before His works [fn]of old.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 -

The beginning H7225 of strife is like letting out water,

So abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:8 -

The end of a matter is better than its beginning H7225;

Patience of spirit is better than arrogance of spirit.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 -

Declaring the end from the beginning H7225,

And from ancient times things which have not been done,

Saying, ‘My plan will be established,

And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3 -

“Israel was holy to the LORD,

The first H7225 of His harvest.

All who ate of it became guilty;

Evil came upon them,” declares the LORD.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:1 -

In the beginning H7225 of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:1 -

In the beginning H7225 of the reign of [fn]Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:1 -

Now in the same year, in the beginning H7225 of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hananiah the prophet the son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, spoke to me at the house of the LORD in the sight of the priests and all the people, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34 -

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, at the beginning H7225 of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 -

“This is what the LORD of armies says:

‘Behold, I am going to break the bow of Elam,

The [fn]finest H7225 of their might.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - “For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel,” declares the Lord GOD, “there the entire house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will accept them and there I will demand your contributions and the choicest H7225 of your gifts, with all your holy things.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:30 - “And the first H7225 of all the first fruits of every kind and every [fn]contribution of every kind, from all your [fn]contributions, shall be for the priests; you shall also give to the priest the first H7225 of your [fn]dough, to make a blessing rest on your house.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:14 - “Moreover, they shall not sell or exchange any of it, or allow this [fn]choice H7225 portion of land to pass to others; for it is holy to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41 - “He will also enter the [fn]Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab, and the foremost H7225 of the sons of Ammon.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 -

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness;

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

But they came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to [fn]shame,

And they became as detestable as that which they loved.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 -

Woe to those who are carefree in Zion,

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

The dignitaries of the foremost H7225 of nations,

To whom the house of Israel comes.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:6 -

Who drink wine from sacred bowls

While they anoint themselves with the finest H7225 of oils

Yet they have not grieved over the collapse of Joseph.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:13 -

Harness the chariot to the team of horses,

You inhabitant of Lachish

She was the beginning H7225 of sin

To the daughter of Zion

Because in you were found

The rebellious acts of Israel.

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