Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7225

רֵאשִׁית

re.shit · “first: beginning”

Used 51 times across 19 books

Definition

: beginning
1) first, beginning, best, chief
1a) beginning
1b) first
1c) chief
1d) choice part
Also means: re.shit (רֵאשִׁית ": best" H7225H)

Where it appears

Genesis

3

Exodus

2

Leviticus

2

Numbers

4

Deuteronomy

7

1 Samuel

2

2 Chronicles

1

Nehemiah

2

Job

3

Psalms

3

Proverbs

5

Ecclesiastes

1

Isaiah

1

Jeremiah

6

Ezekiel

4

Daniel

1

Hosea

1

Amos

2

Micah

1

In the text

Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.Genesis 10:10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.Genesis 49:3Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:Exodus 23:19The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.Exodus 34:26The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.Leviticus 2:12As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the Lord: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.Leviticus 23:10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:Numbers 15:20Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.Numbers 15:21Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations.Numbers 18:12All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee.

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