Hebrew adjective · H7223
רִאשׁוֹן
rishonree-shone'
first
182 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: riʼshôwn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7223is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 30 of 39Old Testament books
- 97spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7223
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
The King James renders it: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
rishon is rendered "first". It stands 182 times in the Hebrew text, across thirty books.
- Nineteen of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 8:13In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
- The Greek text spells it ninety-seven different ways.
The first use
In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
Genesis 8:13בָּֽרִאשׁוֹן֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in thirty of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the first57
- the former49
- at the first15
- first15
- in the first9
- at the former7
- former6
- as at the former5
- like the former5
- to the former2
- ¿ first1
- a first1
and 10 more, 182 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 182, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
97 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖ים12
- הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן9
- הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן9
- הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן8
- הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן7
- הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן7
- הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃6
- הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים5
- הָרִאשׁוֹן֙4
- בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה3
- בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה3
- הָֽרִאשׁוֹן֙3
and 85 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singular63HTd/Aomsa
- the definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine plural30HTd/Aompa
- preposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singular26HRd/Aofsa
- ordinal number · feminine singular10HAofsa
- preposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine singular9HRd/Aomsa
- ordinal number · masculine singular8HAomsa
- the definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine singular8HTd/Aofsa
- preposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine plural6HRd/Aompa
- the definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine plural6HTd/Aofpa
- ordinal number · masculine plural5HAompa
- preposition + preposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singular5HR/Rd/Aofsa
- ordinal number · feminine plural2HAofpa
Genesis
ten uses
In Noah’s six hundred and first year, on the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth. So Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
- בָּֽרִאשׁוֹן֙barishonpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: in the first
to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
- בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑הbarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the former
The first one came out red, covered with hair like a fur coat; so they named him Esau.
- הָרִאשׁוֹן֙harishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.
- הָרִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the former
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- לָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃larishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: to the former
He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
- הָרִאשׁ֖וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
- רִֽאשֹׁנָ֑הrishonahordinal number · feminine singulartagged: first
And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it around his wrist. “This one came out first,” she announced.
- רִאשֹׁנָֽה׃rishonahordinal number · feminine singulartagged: first
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
- הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the former
Then the thin, ugly cows devoured the seven well-fed cows that were there first.
- הָרִאשֹׁנ֖וֹתharishonotthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine pluraltagged: the former
Exodus
eleven uses
And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.
- הָרִאשׁ֑וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the former
“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
- רִאשׁ֥וֹןrishonordinal number · masculine singulartagged: first
For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
- הָרִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
- הָרִאשֹׁ֖ןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.
- הָרִאשׁוֹן֙harishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.
- בָּרִאשֹׁ֡ןbarishonpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: in the first
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
- כָּרִאשֹׁנִ֑יםkarishonimpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: like the former
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals. He rose early in the morning, and taking the two stone tablets in his hands, he went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him.
- כָּרִאשֹׁנִ֗יםkarishonimpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: like the former
“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
- הָרִאשׁ֖וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
- הָרִאשׁ֛וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
Leviticus
nine uses
Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
- הָרִאשׁ֑וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
He is to bring them to the priest, who shall first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the front of its neck without severing it;
- רִאשׁוֹנָ֑הrishonahordinal number · feminine singulartagged: first
Aaron then presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one.
- כָּרִאשֽׁוֹן׃karishonpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: like the first
The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- הָרִאשׁ֗וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
- הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
- הָרִאשׁ֖וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.
- הָֽרִאשׁוֹן֙harishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
- הָרִאשׁ֗וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their fathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.”
- רִאשֹׁנִ֑יםrishonimordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: forefathers
Numbers
thirteen uses
The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.
- רִאשֹׁנָ֖הrishonahordinal number · feminine singulartagged: first
He must rededicate his time of separation to the LORD and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days shall not be counted, because his separation was defiled.
- הָרִאשֹׁנִים֙harishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah drew near with his offering.
- הָרִאשׁ֖וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:
- הָרִאשׁ֖וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
and they did so in the Wilderness of Sinai, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- בָּרִאשׁ֡וֹןbarishonpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: in the first
They set out this first time according to the LORD’s command through Moses.
- בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑הbarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.
- בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֖הbarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
- הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
- הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the former
The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
- הָרִאשׁ֗וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
- הָרִאשׁ֖וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,
- הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
- הָרִאשׁ֑וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
Deuteronomy
twelve uses
Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
- רִֽאשֹׁנִ֜יםrishonimordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: former
Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
- כָּרִאשֹׁנָ֗הkarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: like the former
At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood.
- כָּרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםkarishonimpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: like the former
And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.
- כָּרִאשֹׁנִ֑יםkarishonimpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: like the former
And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,
- הָרִאשׁ֗וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the former
I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.
- הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
- בָרִֽאשׁוֹנָ֖הvarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.
- הָרִאשׁ֖וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- בָרִאשֹׁנָה֙varishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
- רִאשֹׁנִ֑יםrishonimordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: ancestors
then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- הָרִאשׁ֣וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the former
Joshua
five uses
On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
- הָרִאשׁ֑וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.
- בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֔הbarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,
- בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑הbarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
- בָּרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃barishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the former
to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:
- רִיאשֹׁנָֽה׃rishonahordinal number · feminine singulartagged: first
Judges
four uses
They named it Dan, after their forefather Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city was formerly named Laish.
- לָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃larishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: to the former
But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.
- הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃harishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
“We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”
- כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָ֑הkevarishonahpreposition + preposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: as at the former
the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”
- הָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃harishonahthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: the first
Ruth
one use
Then Boaz said, “May the LORD bless you, my daughter. You have shown more kindness now than before, because you have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.
- הָרִאשׁ֑וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the former
1 Samuel
two uses
In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.
- הָרִאשֹׁנָ֗הharishonahthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: the first
Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.
- הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃harishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the former
2 Samuel
six uses
And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
- בָּרִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃barishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the former
The watchman said, “The first man appears to me to be running like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “This is a good man,” said the king. “He comes with good news.”
- הָרִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
- רִאשׁוֹן֙rishonordinal number · masculine singulartagged: first
“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.
- רִאשׁ֛וֹןrishonordinal number · masculine singulartagged: first
Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.
- בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙varishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the former
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
- בָּרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםbarishonimpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: in the first
1 Kings
five uses
Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.
- כְּבָרִֽאשֹׁנָֽה׃kevarishonahpreposition + preposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: as at the former
“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,
- בָרִאשֹׁנָה֙varishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
- רִאשֹׁנָ֔הrishonahordinal number · feminine singulartagged: first
So Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.
- בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙varishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
And the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who reported to him, “Men are marching out of Samaria.”
- בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑הbarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
2 Kings
three uses
Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
- הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֑יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
- הָֽרִאשׁ֖וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the former
1 Chronicles
thirteen uses
Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.
- הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the first
Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.
- בָּרִ֣אשׁוֹנָ֔הbarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
- בָּרִאשׁוֹנָ֛הbarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.
- הָרִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
- לְמַבָּרִ֥אשׁוֹנָ֖הlemabarishonahpreposition + question word + preposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: to what? at the first
And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
- בָּרִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃barishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the former
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the first
The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
- הָרִאשׁוֹן֙harishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
The first lot, which was for Asaph, fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all; the second to Gedaliah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;
- הָרִאשׁ֛וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division, which was assigned the first month. There were 24,000 men in his division.
- הָרִֽאשׁוֹנָה֙harishonahthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: the first
- הָרִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.
- הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃harishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
2 Chronicles
sixteen uses
The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.
- הָרִֽאשׁוֹנָה֙harishonahthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: the former
As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
- הָרִאשֹׁנִים֙harishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
Now the rest of the acts of Asa, from beginning to end, are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
- הָרִאשׁוֹנִ֖יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek out the Baals,
- הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
Then the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
- הָרִאשֹׁנִים֙harishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
As for the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel?
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
As for the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from beginning to end, they are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz and all his ways, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.
- הָרִאשׁוֹנָ֨הharishonahthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: the first
- הָרִאשׁ֗וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.
- הָרִאשׁוֹן֮harishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
- הָרִאשׁ֖וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃harishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
his acts from beginning to end—they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
Ezra
six uses
But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
- הָֽרִאשׁוֹן֙harishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
- הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃harishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.
- הָרִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.
- הָרִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”
- רִאשׁוֹנָֽה׃ סrishonahordinal number · feminine singulartagged: first
and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.
- הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ פharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
Nehemiah
three uses
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֨יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials, and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. I found the genealogical register of those who had first returned, and I found the following written in it:
- בָּרִאשׁוֹנָ֔הbarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.
- הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
Esther
three uses
His closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom.
- רִאשֹׁנָ֖הrishonahordinal number · feminine singulartagged: foremost
In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
- הָרִאשׁוֹן֙harishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
- הָרִאשׁ֗וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
Job
two uses
Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
- רִישׁ֑וֹןrishonordinal number · masculine singulartagged: former
Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
- הֲרִאישׁ֣וֹןhariyoshonquestion particle + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: ¿ first
Psalms
two uses
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
- רִאשֹׁ֫נִ֥יםrishonimordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: former
Where, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֥ים׀harishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
Proverbs
two uses
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
- הָרִאשׁ֣וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
- בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑הbarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
Ecclesiastes
two uses
There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
- לָרִאשֹׁנִ֑יםlarishonimpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: of the former
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
- הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
Isaiah
nineteen uses
I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
- כְּבָרִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔הkevarishonahpreposition + preposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: as at the former
Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:
- הָרִאשׁ֗וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the former
Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”
- רִאשׁ֔וֹןrishonordinal number · masculine singulartagged: first
“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.
- הָרִאשֹׁנ֣וֹת׀harishonotthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine pluraltagged: the former
I was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
- רִאשׁ֥וֹןrishonordinal number · masculine singulartagged: a first
Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
- הָרִֽאשֹׁנ֖וֹתharishonotthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine pluraltagged: the former
All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses to vindicate them, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”
- וְרִֽאשֹׁנ֖וֹתverishonotconjunction (“and”) + ordinal number · feminine pluraltagged: and former
“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.
- רִֽאשֹׁנ֑וֹתrishonotordinal number · feminine pluraltagged: former
Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.
- הָרִאשׁ֖וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- רִאשׁוֹן֙rishonordinal number · masculine singulartagged: first
Remember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
- רִאשֹׁנ֖וֹתrishonotordinal number · feminine pluraltagged: former
I foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
- הָרִֽאשֹׁנוֹת֙harishonotthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine pluraltagged: the former
Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
- רִאשׁ֔וֹןrishonordinal number · masculine singulartagged: first
For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
- בָרִֽאשֹׁנָ֖הvarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the former
Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.
- בָּרִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔הbarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
- רִֽאשֹׁנִ֖יםrishonimordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: former
both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”
- רִֽאשֹׁנָ֖הrishonahordinal number · feminine singulartagged: first
Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.
- הָרִ֣אשֹׁנ֔וֹתharishonotthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine pluraltagged: the former
For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
- הָרִ֣אשֹׁנ֔וֹתharishonotthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine pluraltagged: the former
Jeremiah
ten uses
But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
- בָּרִֽאשׁוֹנָ֑הbarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the former
They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
- הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֗יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”
- רִֽאשׁוֹנָ֗הrishonahordinal number · feminine singulartagged: first
A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
- מֵֽרִאשׁ֑וֹןmerishonpreposition + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: from first
I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
- כְּבָרִֽאשֹׁנָֽה׃kevarishonahpreposition + preposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: as at the former
the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
- כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָ֖הkevarishonahpreposition + preposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: as at the former
you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”
- הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֜יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
- הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
- הָרִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔הharishonahthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: the former
Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”
- הָרִאשׁ֤וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
Ezekiel
five uses
In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- בָּֽרִאשׁ֖וֹןbarishonpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: in the first
In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- בָּֽרִאשׁ֖וֹןbarishonpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: in the first
Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- הָרִאשׁ֑וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the first day of the first month you are to take a young bull without blemish and purify the sanctuary.
- בָּֽרִאשׁוֹן֙barishonpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: in the first
On the fourteenth day of the first month you are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, during which unleavened bread shall be eaten.
- בָּ֠רִאשׁוֹןbarishonpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: in the first
Daniel
six uses
The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
- הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃harishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
- הָרִאשׁ֑וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
- הָרִאשׁ֗וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia.
- הָרִאשֹׁנִ֖יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the chief
For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many supplies.
- הָרִאשׁ֑וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.
- כָרִאשֹׁנָ֖הkharishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: as the former
Hosea
one use
She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
- הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the former
Joel
one use
Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
- בָּרִאשֽׁוֹן׃barishonpreposition with the article + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: in the first
Micah
one use
And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion—the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”
- הָרִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔הharishonahthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: the former
Haggai
two uses
‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’
- הָרִאשׁ֑וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the former
The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
- הָ֣רִאשׁ֔וֹןharishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the former
Zechariah
seven uses
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
- הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֜יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,
- הָרִֽאשֹׁנָ֖הharishonahthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: the first
Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
- הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֔יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
- הָרִֽאשֹׁנִ֑יםharishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
- הָרִֽאשֹׁנִים֙harishonimthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine pluraltagged: the former
The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.
- בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑הbarishonahpreposition with the article + ordinal number · feminine singulartagged: at the first
All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
- הָֽרִאשׁוֹן֙harishonthe definite article (“the”) + ordinal number · masculine singulartagged: the first
The letters
Gematria 557· 1,207 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
