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Lexicon :: Strong's H8462 - tᵊḥillâ

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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 Box Gen 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - He journeyed on from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:21 - “Yet when they had devoured them, it could not be detected that they had eaten them, because they were still as thin and emaciated as before. Then I awoke [but again I fell asleep and dreamed].

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and [expecting the worst] they said, “It is because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time [we came] that we are being brought in, so that he may find a reason to accuse us and assail us, and take us as slaves, and seize our donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20 - and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down here the first time to buy food;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 -

Now it came about after the death of Joshua, that the [fn]sons (descendants) of Israel (Jacob) asked the LORD, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18 -

The men of Israel arose and went up to [fn]Bethel and asked of God and said, “Which of us shall take the lead to battle against the sons [tribe] of Benjamin?” And the LORD said, “Judah [shall go up] first.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 -

So Naomi returned from the country of Moab, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - “Behold, he has hidden himself [even] now in one of the ravines or in another place; and when some of [fn]your troops fall at the first attack, whoever hears about it will say, ‘There has been a defeat among the people who follow Absalom.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:9 - He handed them over to the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD, and the seven died together. They were put to death in the first days of the grain harvest, the beginning of the barley harvest [in the spring].

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 -

Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest [in the spring] until [the autumn] rain fell on them; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on their bodies by day, nor the beasts of the field [to feed on them] by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:25 - Now when they began to live there, they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them which killed some of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:6 -

Now in the reign of [fn]Ahasuerus (Xerxes), in the beginning of his reign, the Samaritans wrote [to him] an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem [who had returned from exile].

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:17 - Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the leader to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:10 -

The [reverent] fear of the LORD [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of wisdom [its starting point and its essence],

And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding and spiritual insight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:13 - the beginning of [fn]his talking is foolishness and the end of his talk is wicked madness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 -

“Then I will restore your judges as at the first,

And your counselors as at the beginning;

Afterward you will be called the city of righteousness,

The faithful city.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:1 -

In the [fn]third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a [second] vision appeared to me, Daniel, [this was two years] after the one that first appeared to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:21 - while I was still speaking in prayer and [fn]extremely exhausted, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me about the time of the evening sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:23 - “At the beginning of your supplications, the command [to give you an answer] was issued, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly regarded and greatly beloved. Therefore consider the message and begin to understand the [meaning of the] vision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:2 -

When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to him, “Go, take for yourself a [fn]wife of prostitution and have children of [her] prostitution; for the land commits great acts of prostitution by [fn]not following the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:1 -

Thus the Lord GOD showed me [a vision], and behold, He was forming a swarm of locusts when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing.

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