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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 - In the beginning H7225 God H430 created H1254 the heavens H8064 and the earth. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:10 - The beginning H7225 of his kingdom H4467 was [fn]Babel H894 and Erech H751 and Accad H390 and Calneh, H3641 in the land H776 of Shinar. H8152

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:3 - “Reuben, H7205 you are my firstborn; H1060
My might H3581 and the beginning H7225 of my strength, H202
[fn]Preeminent H3499 in dignity H7613 and [fn]preeminent H3499 in power. H5794

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - “You shall bring H935 the choice H7225 first H1061 fruits H1061 of your soil H127 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 your God. H430 “You are not to boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in the milk H2461 of its mother. H517

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - “You shall bring H935 the very first H7225 of the first H1061 fruits H1061 of your soil H127 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 your God. H430 “You shall not boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in its mother’s H517 milk.” H2461

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:12 - ‘As an offering H7133 of first H7225 fruits H7225 you shall bring H7126 them to the LORD, H3068 but they shall not ascend H5927 for a soothing H5207 aroma H7381 on the altar. H4196

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:10 - “Speak H1696 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and say H559 to them, ‘When H3588 you enter H935 the land H776 which H834 I am going to give H5414 to you and reap H7114 its harvest, H7105 then you shall bring H935 in the sheaf H6016 of the first H7225 fruits H7225 of your harvest H7105 to the priest. H3548

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:20 - ‘Of the first H7225 of your [fn]dough H6182 you shall lift H7311 up a cake H2471 as an [fn]offering; H8641 as the [fn]offering H8641 of the threshing H1637 floor, H1637 so H3651 you shall lift H7311 it up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:21 - ‘From the first H7225 of your [fn]dough H6182 you shall give H5414 to the LORD H3068 an [fn]offering H8641 throughout your generations. H1755

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:12 - “All H3605 the [fn]best H2459 of the fresh H3323 oil H3323 and all H3605 the [fn]best H2459 of the fresh H8492 wine H8492 and of the grain, H1715 the first H7225 fruits H7225 of those which H834 they give H5414 to the LORD, H3068 I give H5414 them to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 - And he looked H7200 at Amalek H6002 and took H5375 up his discourse H4912 and said, H559
“Amalek H6002 was the first H7225 of the nations, H1471
But his end H319 shall be [fn]destruction.” H8

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:12 - a land H776 for which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 cares; H1875 the eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068 your God H430 are always H8548 on it, from the [fn]beginning H7225 even to the end H319 of the year. H8141

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:4 - “You shall give H5414 him the first H7225 fruits H7225 of your grain, H1715 your new H8492 wine, H8492 and your oil, H3323 and the first H7225 shearing H1488 of your sheep. H6629

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - “But he shall acknowledge H5234 the firstborn, H1060 the son H1121 of the [fn]unloved, H8130 by giving H5414 him a double H8147 portion H6310 of all H3605 that [fn]he has, H4672 for he is the beginning H7225 of his strength; H202 to him belongs the right H4941 of the firstborn. H1060

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:2 - that you shall take H3947 some H4480 of the first H7225 of all H3605 the produce H6529 of the ground H127 which H834 you bring H935 in from your land H776 that the LORD H3068 your God H430 gives H5414 you, and you shall put H7760 it in a basket H2935 and go H1980 to the place H4725 where H834 H8033 the LORD H3068 your God H430 chooses H977 to establish H7931 His name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10 - ‘Now H6258 behold, H2009 I have brought H935 the first H7225 of the produce H6529 of the ground H127 which H834 You, O LORD H3068 have given H5414 me.’ And you shall set H5117 it down H5117 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 and worship H7812 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God; H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 - “Then he [fn]provided H7200 the first H7225 part for himself,
For there H8033 the ruler’s H2710 portion H2513 was [fn]reserved; H5603
And he came H857 with the leaders H7218 of the people; H5971
He executed H6213 the justice H6666 of the LORD, H3068
And His ordinances H4941 with Israel.” H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:29 - ‘Why H4100 do you kick H1163 at My sacrifice H2077 and at My offering H4503 which H834 I have commanded H6680 in My dwelling, H4583 and honor H3513 your sons H1121 above H4480 Me, by making H1254 yourselves fat H1254 with the [fn]choicest H7225 of every H3605 offering H4503 of My people H5971 Israel?’ H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:21 - “But the people H5971 took H3947 some of the spoil, H7998 sheep H6629 and oxen, H1241 the choicest H7225 of the things H2764 devoted H2764 to destruction, H2764 to sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 your God H430 at Gilgal.” H1537

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5 - As soon as the [fn]order H1697 spread, H6555 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 provided H7235 in abundance H7235 the first H7225 fruits H7225 of grain, H1715 new H8492 wine, H8492 oil, H3323 honey H1706 and of all H3605 the produce H8393 of the field; H7704 and they brought H935 in abundantly H7230 the tithe H4643 of all. H3605

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - We will also bring H935 the first H7225 of our [fn]dough, H6182 our contributions, H8641 the fruit H6529 of every H3605 tree, H6086 the new H8492 wine H8492 and the oil H3323 to the priests H3548 at the chambers H3957 of the house H1004 of our God, H430 and the tithe H4643 of our ground H127 to the Levites, H3881 for the Levites H3881 are they who receive H6237 the tithes H6237 in all H3605 the rural H5656 towns. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 - On that day H3117 men H376 were also appointed H6485 over H5921 the chambers H5393 for the stores, H214 the contributions, H8641 the first H7225 fruits H7225 and the tithes, H4643 to gather H3664 into them from the fields H7704 of the cities H5892 the portions H4521 required by the law H8451 for the priests H3548 and Levites; H3881 for Judah H3063 rejoiced H8057 over H5921 the priests H3548 and Levites H3881 who [fn]served. H5975

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:7 - “Though your beginning H7225 was insignificant, H4705
Yet your end H319 will increase H7685 greatly. H3966

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:19 - “He is the first H7225 of the ways H1870 of God; H410
Let his maker H6213 bring H5066 near H5066 his sword. H2719

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:12 - The LORD H3068 blessed H1288 the latter H319 days of Job H347 more H4480 than H4480 his beginning; H7225 and he had H1961 14,000 H702 H6240 H505 sheep H6629 and 6,000 H8337 H505 camels H1581 and 1,000 H505 yoke H6776 of oxen H1241 and 1,000 H505 female H860 donkeys. H860

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:51

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:51 - And smote H5221 all H3605 the firstborn H1060 in Egypt, H4714
The first H7225 issue of their virility H202 in the tents H168 of Ham. H2526

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:36 - He also struck H5221 down H5221 all H3605 the firstborn H1060 in their land, H776
The first H7225 fruits H7225 of all H3605 their vigor. H202

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:10 - The [fn]fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is the beginning H7225 of wisdom; H2451
A good H2896 understanding H7922 have all H3605 those who [fn]do H6213 His commandments;
His praise H8416 endures H5975 forever. H5703

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:7 - The fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is the beginning H7225 of knowledge; H1847
Fools H191 despise H936 wisdom H2451 and instruction. H4148

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:9 - Honor H3513 the LORD H3068 from your wealth H1952
And from the first H7225 of all H3605 your produce; H8393

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:7 - “The [fn]beginning H7225 of wisdom H2451 is: Acquire H7069 wisdom; H2451
And with all H3605 your acquiring, H7075 get H7069 understanding. H998

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:22 - “The LORD H3068 possessed H7069 me at the beginning H7225 of His way, H1870
Before H6924 His works H4659 [fn]of old. H6924

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - The beginning H7225 of strife H4066 is like letting H6362 out water, H4325
So abandon H5203 the quarrel H7379 before H6440 it breaks H1566 out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:8 - The end H319 of a matter H1697 is better H2896 than H4480 its beginning; H7225
Patience H750 of spirit H7307 is better H2896 than H4480 haughtiness H1364 of spirit. H7307

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:10 - Declaring H5046 the end H319 from the beginning, H7225
And from ancient H6924 times H6924 things which H834 have not been done, H6213
Saying, H559 ‘My purpose H6098 will be established, H6965
And I will accomplish H6213 all H3605 My good H2656 pleasure’; H2656

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3 - “Israel H3478 was holy H6944 to the LORD, H3068
The first H7225 of His harvest. H8393
All H3605 who ate H398 of it became H816 guilty; H816
Evil H7451 came H935 upon them,” declares H5002 the LORD.’” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:1 - In the beginning H7225 of the reign H4468 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 this H2088 word H1697 came H1961 from the LORD, H3068 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:1 - In the beginning H7225 of the reign H4467 of [fn]Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 this H2088 word H1697 came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 from the LORD, H3068 saying H559—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:1 - Now in the same H1931 year, H8141 in the beginning H7225 of the reign H4467 of Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 in the fourth H7243 year, H8141 in the fifth H2549 month, H2320 Hananiah H2608 the son H1121 of Azzur, H5809 the prophet, H5030 who H834 was from Gibeon, H1391 spoke H559 to me in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 in the presence H5869 of the priests H3548 and all H3605 the people, H5971 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:34 - That which H834 came H1961 as the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 to Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 concerning H413 Elam, H5867 at the beginning H7225 of the reign H4438 of Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 saying: H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:35 - “Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635
‘Behold, H2009 I am going to break H7665 the bow H7198 of Elam, H5867
The [fn]finest H7225 of their might. H1369

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:40 - “For on My holy H6944 mountain, H2022 on the high H4791 mountain H2022 of Israel,” H3478 declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “there H8033 the whole H3605 house H1004 of Israel, H3478 all H3605 of them, will serve H5647 Me in the land; H776 there H8033 I will accept H7521 them and there H8033 I will [fn]seek H1875 your contributions H8641 and the choicest H7225 of your gifts, H4864 with all H3605 your holy H6944 things. H6944

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:30 - “The first H7225 of all H3605 the first H1061 fruits H1061 of every H3605 kind and every H3605 [fn]contribution H8641 of every H3605 kind, from all H3605 your [fn]contributions, H8641 shall be for the priests; H3548 you shall also give H5414 to the priest H3548 the first H7225 of your [fn]dough H6182 to cause a blessing H1293 to rest H5117 on your house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:14 - “Moreover, they shall not sell H4376 or exchange H4171 any H4480 of it, or alienate H5674 this [fn]choice H7225 portion of land; H776 for it is holy H6944 to the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41 - “He will also enter H935 the [fn]Beautiful H6643 Land, H776 and many H7227 countries will fall; H3782 but these H428 will be rescued H4422 out of his hand: H3027 Edom, H123 Moab H4124 and the foremost H7225 of the sons H1121 of Ammon. H5983

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:10 - I found H4672 Israel H3478 like grapes H6025 in the wilderness; H4057
I saw H7200 your forefathers H1 as the earliest H1063 fruit H1063 on the fig H8384 tree H8384 in its first H7225 season.
But they came H935 to Baal-peor H1187 and devoted H5144 themselves to [fn]shame, H1322
And they became H1961 as detestable H8251 as that which H159 they loved. H157

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 - Woe H1945 to those H7600 who are at ease H7600 in Zion H6726
And to those who feel secure H982 in the mountain H2022 of Samaria, H8111
The distinguished H5344 men of the foremost H7225 of nations, H1471
To whom H1992 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 comes. H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:6 - Who drink H8354 wine H3196 from [fn]sacrificial H4219 bowls H4219
While they anoint H4886 themselves with the finest H7225 of oils, H8081
Yet they have not grieved H2470 over H5921 the ruin H7667 of Joseph. H3130

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:13 - Harness H7573 the chariot H4818 to the team of horses, H7409
O inhabitant H3427 of Lachish H3923—
She was the beginning H7225 of sin H2403
To the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726—
Because H3588 in you were found H4672
The rebellious H6588 acts H6588 of Israel. H3478
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