Strong's Hebrew · H7225

רֵאשִׁית

rêʼshîyth · ray-sheeth'

beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.

Definition

the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)

Derivation

from the same as H7218 (רֹאשׁ);

Appears 51 times in Scripture

Exodus 23:19

Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Psalms 78:51

He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.

Genesis 49:3

Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.

Deuteronomy 26:2

you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 10:10

His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Leviticus 2:12

You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of firstfruits, but they must not go up on the altar as a pleasing aroma.

Exodus 34:26

Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

Leviticus 23:10

“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.

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