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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 - And he went [fn]on his journeys from the [fn]Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning H8462, between Bethel and Ai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:21 - “But they [fn]devoured them, and yet it could not be known that they had [fn]devoured them. [fn]For they were just as ugly as [fn]before H8462. Then I awoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - And the men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and they said, “It is because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first H8462 time H8462 that we are being brought in, that he may [fn]seek occasion against us and fall upon us and take us for slaves with our donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20 - and they said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first H8462 time H8462 to buy food,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:1 -

Now it happened after the death of Joshua that the sons of Israel asked of [fn]Yahweh, saying, “Who shall go up first H8462 for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18 -

Then the sons of Israel arose, went up to Bethel, and asked of God and said, “Who shall go up for us to begin H8462 the battle against the sons of Benjamin?” Then Yahweh said, “Judah shall begin H8462 it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:22 -

So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the fields of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning H8462 of barley harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - “Behold, he has now hidden himself in one of the [fn]caves or in another place; and it will be [fn]when he falls on them at the first H8462 attack, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:9 - Then he gave them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they [fn]hanged them in the mountain before Yahweh, so that the seven of them fell together; and they were put to death in the first days of harvest at the beginning H8462 of barley harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 -

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning H8462 of harvest until [fn]it rained on them from the sky; and she [fn]allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:25 - Now it happened at the beginning H8462 of their settlement there, that they did not fear Yahweh; therefore Yahweh sent lions among them which were killing them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:6 -

Now in the reign of [fn]Ahasuerus, in the beginning H8462 of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:17 -

and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of [fn]Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the [fn]chief in beginning H8462 the thanksgiving in prayer,

and Bakbukiah, the second among his relatives;

and [fn]Abda the son of [fn]Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:10 -

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning H8462 of wisdom,

And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:13 - the beginning H8462 of the words of his mouth is simpleminded folly, and the end of what comes from his mouth is evil madness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 -

“Then I will have your judges return as at the first,

And your counselors as at the beginning H8462;

Afterwards you will be called the city of righteousness,

A faithful town.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:1 -

In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king, a vision appeared to me, [fn]Daniel, after the one which appeared to me [fn]previously H8462.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:21 - and while I was still speaking in prayer, then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision [fn]previously H8462, [fn]touched me [fn]in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:23 - “At the beginning H8462 of your supplications the word was issued, so I have come to tell you, for you are [fn]highly esteemed; so understand the message and gain understanding in what has appeared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:2 -

When Yahweh first H8462 spoke through Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry, [fn]forsaking Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:1 -

Thus Lord Yahweh showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm [fn]when the spring crop began H8462 to come up. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s [fn]mowing.

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