רִאשׁוֹן (ri.shon) means “first” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ree-shone' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
רִאשׁוֹן · ri.shon · first
: first adj 1) first, primary, former 1a) former (of time) 1a1) ancestors 1a2) former things 1b) foremost (of location) 1c) first (in time) 1d) first, chief (in degree) adv 2) first, before, formerly, at first
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רִאשׁוֹן · ri.shon · first: previous
: previous adj 1) first, primary, former 1a) former (of time) 1a1) ancestors 1a2) former things 1b) foremost (of location) 1c) first (in time) 1d) first, chief (in degree) adv 2) first, before, formerly, at first
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רִאשׁוֹן · ri.shon · first: chief
: chief adj 1) first, primary, former 1a) former (of time) 1a1) ancestors 1a2) former things 1b) foremost (of location) 1c) first (in time) 1d) first, chief (in degree) adv 2) first, before, formerly, at first
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or רִאשֹׁן; from H7221 (רִאשָׁה); first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
KJV glosses: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the first | 22 |
| of the first | 16 |
| on the first | 9 |
| first | 7 |
| from beginning | 7 |
| in the first | 6 |
| the former things | 6 |
| of the first month | 5 |
| the former | 5 |
| day of the first | 4 |
| like the originals | 4 |
| am the first | 2 |
| as in former times | 2 |
| as the first | 2 |
| at the beginning | 2 |
| before | 2 |
| from first | 2 |
| like the first | 2 |
| previously | 2 |
| the earlier | 2 |
| their former | 2 |
| according to the old | 1 |
| against the former | 1 |
| and i will first | 1 |
| as at first | 1 |
| as before | 1 |
| as i did in the past | 1 |
| as i had done the first time | 1 |
| as in the first | 1 |
| at first | 1 |
| but the preceding | 1 |
| by your ancestors | 1 |
| earlier | 1 |
| for the first | 1 |
| from the beginning | 1 |
| from the first | 1 |
| full payment for their former | 1 |
| highest | 1 |
| i first | 1 |
| i was the first to tell | 1 |
| in front | 1 |
| in its former | 1 |
| in that first | 1 |
| in the earlier | 1 |
| in the first month | 1 |
| in the lead | 1 |
| in the past | 1 |
| is the first | 1 |
| it first | 1 |
| like the first one | 1 |
| long | 1 |
| long ago | 1 |
| my first | 1 |
| now the first | 1 |
| of old | 1 |
| of past | 1 |
| of the chief | 1 |
| of those who came before | 1 |
| on | 1 |
| past | 1 |
| quickly | 1 |
| that were there first | 1 |
| the first man | 1 |
| the first ones had answered | 1 |
| the first time | 1 |
| the old | 1 |
| the older sons | 1 |
| the one in the lead | 1 |
| the original | 1 |
| the places long | 1 |
| they did the first time | 1 |
| this first time | 1 |
| was formerly | 1 |
| were chief officials | 1 |
| were you the first | 1 |
| what happened | 1 |
| which was assigned the first | 1 |
| who shall first | 1 |
| with their fathers | 1 |
| you did | 1 |
| your first | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| first | 20 |
| in the first | 19 |
| the first | 17 |
| of the first | 16 |
| at the first | 6 |
| like unto the first | 4 |
| the former | 4 |
| after the former | 3 |
| as at the first | 3 |
| now the first | 3 |
| on the first | 3 |
| that were in the first | 3 |
| the former things | 3 |
| us as at the first | 3 |
| according to the first | 2 |
| before | 2 |
| for the first | 2 |
| from the first | 2 |
| of the former | 2 |
| shall be first | 2 |
| aforetime | 1 |
| after the first | 1 |
| after their former | 1 |
| against the former | 1 |
| all the eldest | 1 |
| and first | 1 |
| and in the first | 1 |
| and it came to pass in the first | 1 |
| and that first | 1 |
| and the first | 1 |
| and the former | 1 |
| and they first | 1 |
| as at the beginning | 1 |
| as beforetime | 1 |
| as in the former | 1 |
| as the first | 1 |
| at the beginning | 1 |
| because the former | 1 |
| behold the former things | 1 |
| but it shall not be as the former | 1 |
| but the former | 1 |
| chief | 1 |
| day of the first | 1 |
| even the first | 1 |
| for from the first | 1 |
| foremost | 1 |
| from the beginning | 1 |
| had for theirs was the first | 1 |
| hath been chief | 1 |
| he in the first | 1 |
| her former | 1 |
| i pray thee of the former | 1 |
| in her first | 1 |
| in it all the former | 1 |
| in old time | 1 |
| not against us former | 1 |
| not at the first | 1 |
| of former | 1 |
| of the chief | 1 |
| of the foremost | 1 |
| of their ancestors | 1 |
| of their forefathers | 1 |
| over the first | 1 |
| should not be first | 1 |
| than at the beginning | 1 |
| than the former | 1 |
| that are past | 1 |
| that the former | 1 |
| that were before | 1 |
| the foremost | 1 |
| their former | 1 |
| them as at the first | 1 |
| there at the first | 1 |
| these shall first | 1 |
| thou the first | 1 |
| thy first | 1 |
| thy former | 1 |
| to my first | 1 |
| unto whom the former | 1 |
| us former things | 1 |
| which they of old time | 1 |
| ye not the former things | 1 |
| you on the first | 1 |
Page 3 of 4. 174 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
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.
Read word by wordThen Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Read word by wordhis acts from beginning to end—they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordOn the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
Read word by wordHe 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.
Read word by wordOn 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.
Read word by wordIndeed, 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!”
Read word by wordand by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordThen 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:
Read word by wordDay 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.
Read word by wordHis 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.
Read word by wordIn 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.
Read word by wordOn 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.
Read word by wordPlease inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
Read word by wordWere you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
Read word by wordDo not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
Read word by wordWhere, O Lord, is Your loving devotion of old, which You faithfully swore to David?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 89.50
The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
Read word by wordAn inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
Read word by wordThere is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
Read word by wordDo not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
Read word by wordI 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.”
Read word by wordNevertheless, 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:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 8.23
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.”
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordI was the first to tell Zion: ‘Look, here they are!’ And I gave to Jerusalem a herald of good news.
Read word by wordBehold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
Read word by wordAll 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.”
Read word by word“Do not call to mind the former things; pay no attention to the things of old.
Read word by wordYour first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.
Read word by wordThus 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.
Read word by wordRemember what happened long ago, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.
Read word by wordI foretold the former things long ago; they came out of My mouth and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
Read word by wordListen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.
Read word by wordFor this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
Read word by wordSurely 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.
Read word by wordThey will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
Read word by wordboth 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.”
Read word by wordWhoever 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.
Read word by wordFor behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordThey 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.”
Read word by wordA glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
Read word by wordI will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
Read word by wordthe 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.
Read word by wordyou 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.”
Read word by word“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
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