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רִאשׁוֹן H7223

H7223 is the Hebrew word רִאשׁוֹן, transliterated riʼshôwn and said ree-shone'. The King James Version most often renders it first.

Word: רִאשׁוֹןTransliteration: riʼshôwnSaid: ree-shone'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 168 verses

What it means

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun).

Where it comes from

or רִאשֹׁן; from H7221 (רִאשָׁה).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 149 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

first 98×former 15×day of the first 8×former things 5×like unto the first 4×foremost 3×after the former 3×now the first 3×beginning 3×chief 3×before 2×according to the first 2×

Strong's own list of renderings: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.

Verses using רִאשׁוֹן

The first 40 of 168 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 8:13 · KJV

And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.

Genesis 13:4 · KJV

Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

Genesis 25:25 · KJV

And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.

Genesis 26:1 · KJV

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

Genesis 32:17 · KJV

And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?

Genesis 33:2 · KJV

And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

Genesis 40:13 · KJV

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

Genesis 41:20 · KJV

And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

Exodus 4:8 · KJV

And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.

Exodus 12:2 · KJV

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

Exodus 12:15 · KJV

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

Exodus 12:16 · KJV

And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.

Exodus 12:18 · KJV

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

Exodus 34:1 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.

Exodus 34:4 · KJV

And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

Exodus 40:2 · KJV

On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

Exodus 40:17 · KJV

And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.

Leviticus 4:21 · KJV

And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.

Leviticus 5:8 · KJV

And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:

Leviticus 23:5 · KJV

In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’s passover.

Leviticus 23:7 · KJV

In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

Leviticus 23:35 · KJV

On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

Leviticus 23:39 · KJV

Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.

Leviticus 23:40 · KJV

And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.

Leviticus 26:45 · KJV

But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.

Numbers 2:9 · KJV

All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

Numbers 6:12 · KJV

And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

Numbers 7:12 · KJV

And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:

Numbers 9:1 · KJV

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Numbers 9:5 · KJV

And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

Numbers 10:13 · KJV

And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 10:14 · KJV

In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Numbers 20:1 · KJV

Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

Numbers 21:26 · KJV

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

Numbers 28:16 · KJV

And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.

Numbers 28:18 · KJV

In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:

Numbers 33:3 · KJV

And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.

Deuteronomy 4:32 · KJV

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

Deuteronomy 9:18 · KJV

And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

Deuteronomy 10:1 · KJV

At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7223 mean?

H7223 is the Hebrew word רִאשׁוֹן (riʼshôwn), meaning first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun).

How is H7223 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it first (98 times), former (15 times), day of the first (8 times), former things (5 times), like unto the first (4 times), among others.

How many times does H7223 appear in the Bible?

רִאשׁוֹן (riʼshôwn) is tagged in 168 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7223 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or רִאשֹׁן; from H7221 (רִאשָׁה).

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