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רֵאשִׁית H7225

H7225 is the Hebrew word רֵאשִׁית, transliterated rêʼshîyth and said ray-sheeth'. The King James Version most often renders it beginning.

Word: רֵאשִׁיתTransliteration: rêʼshîythSaid: ray-sheeth'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 49 verses

What it means

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

Where it comes from

from the same as H7218 (רֹאשׁ).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 50 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

beginning 15×firstfruits 11×first 9×chief 7×firstfruit 1×first part 1×chiefest 1×though thy beginning 1×more than his beginning 1×principal thing 1×than the beginning 1×first time 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.

Verses using רֵאשִׁית

The first 40 of 49 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 1:1 · KJV

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 10:10 · KJV

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 49:3 · KJV

Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

Exodus 23:19 · KJV

The 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 34:26 · KJV

The 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 2:12 · KJV

As 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 23:10 · KJV

Speak 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 15:20 · KJV

Ye 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 15:21 · KJV

Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.

Numbers 18:12 · KJV

All 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.

Numbers 24:20 · KJV

And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

Deuteronomy 11:12 · KJV

A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

Deuteronomy 18:4 · KJV

The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

Deuteronomy 21:17 · KJV

But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Deuteronomy 26:2 · KJV

That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.

Deuteronomy 26:10 · KJV

And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:

Deuteronomy 33:21 · KJV

And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.

1 Samuel 2:29 · KJV

Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

1 Samuel 15:21 · KJV

But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

2 Chronicles 31:5 · KJV

And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

Nehemiah 10:37 · KJV

And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

Nehemiah 12:44 · KJV

And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

Job 8:7 · KJV

Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

Job 40:19 · KJV

He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

Job 42:12 · KJV

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

Psalm 78:51 · KJV

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

Psalm 105:36 · KJV

He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

Psalm 111:10 · KJV

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

Proverbs 1:7 · KJV

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 3:9 · KJV

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Proverbs 4:7 · KJV

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 8:22 · KJV

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

Proverbs 17:14 · KJV

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Ecclesiastes 7:8 · KJV

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Isaiah 46:10 · KJV

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Jeremiah 2:3 · KJV

Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 26:1 · KJV

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,

Jeremiah 27:1 · KJV

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Jeremiah 28:1 · KJV

And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

Jeremiah 49:34 · KJV

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

Common questions

What does Strong's H7225 mean?

H7225 is the Hebrew word רֵאשִׁית (rêʼshîyth), meaning the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit).

How is H7225 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it beginning (15 times), firstfruits (11 times), first (9 times), chief (7 times), firstfruit (1 time), among others.

How many times does H7225 appear in the Bible?

רֵאשִׁית (rêʼshîyth) is tagged in 49 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7225 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from the same as H7218 (רֹאשׁ).

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