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 4 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.
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.”
Read word by wordIn the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Read word by wordIn the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Read word by wordIts 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.
Read word by wordThis 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.
Read word by wordOn 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.
Read word by wordThe shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
Read word by wordOn the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordHowever, 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.
Read word by wordFor 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.
Read word by wordAt the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.
Read word by wordShe 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.’
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 2.9
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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.”
Read word by word‘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?’
Read word by wordThe 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.”
Read word by wordDo 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.
Read word by wordThe first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,
Read word by wordAre 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?’”
Read word by wordThey 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.
Read word by wordBut now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordAll 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.
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