TBESH · H7225G
רֵאשִׁית · re.shit · first: beginning
: beginning 1) first, beginning, best, chief 1a) beginning 1b) first 1c) chief 1d) choice part Also means: re.shit (רֵאשִׁית ": best" H7225H)
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re.shit H7225
רֵאשִׁית (re.shit) means “first: beginning” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
רֵאשִׁית Hebrew · H7225 51 tagged occurrences in 49 verses
Pronunciation guide: ray-sheeth' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H7225H
רֵאשִׁית · re.shit · first: best
: best 1) first, beginning, best, chief 1a) beginning 1b) first 1c) chief 1d) choice part
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from the same as H7218 (רֹאשׁ); the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
KJV glosses: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
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How translators render H7225
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 firstfruits | 5 |
| at the beginning | 3 |
| the best | 3 |
| from the beginning | 2 |
| from the first | 2 |
| is the beginning | 2 |
| vvv | 2 |
| and choice | 1 |
| and the beginning | 1 |
| and the first | 1 |
| and the leaders | 1 |
| and with the firstfruits | 1 |
| as his first | 1 |
| as their firstfruits | 1 |
| began | 1 |
| firstfruits | 1 |
| in its first season | 1 |
| in the beginning | 1 |
| is supreme | 1 |
| is the firstfruits | 1 |
| is the foremost | 1 |
| more than his first | 1 |
| near the beginning | 1 |
| of firstfruits | 1 |
| of the firstfruits | 1 |
| of the foremost | 1 |
| some of the firstfruits | 1 |
| than the beginning | 1 |
| the beginning | 1 |
| the best land | 1 |
| the best of | 1 |
| the mainstay | 1 |
| this best part | 1 |
| though your beginnings | 1 |
| to start | 1 |
| was first | 1 |
| with the best | 1 |
| with the finest | 1 |
| your first | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the firstfruits | 6 |
| in the beginning | 5 |
| the beginning | 5 |
| the chief | 5 |
| the first | 4 |
| of the first | 3 |
| and the beginning | 2 |
| and the first | 2 |
| of the firstfruits | 2 |
| and the chief | 1 |
| and the firstfruits | 1 |
| and with the firstfruits | 1 |
| at her first time | 1 |
| chief | 1 |
| for the firstfruits | 1 |
| from the beginning | 1 |
| me in the beginning | 1 |
| more than his beginning | 1 |
| than the beginning | 1 |
| the first part | 1 |
| the firstfruit | 1 |
| the principal thing | 1 |
| themselves with the chief | 1 |
| though thy beginning | 1 |
| upon it from the beginning | 1 |
| with the chiefest | 1 |
Verses containing H7225
Page 1 of 1. 49 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 1:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Read word by word - Genesis 10:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Read word by word - Genesis 49:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
Read word by word - Exodus 23:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
Read word by word - Exodus 34:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
Read word by word - Leviticus 2:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You may bring them to the LORD as an offering of firstfruits, but they must not go up on the altar as a pleasing aroma.
Read word by word - Leviticus 23:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.
Read word by word - Numbers 15:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
From the first of your dough, you are to lift up a cake as a contribution; offer it just like an offering from the threshing floor.
Read word by word - Numbers 15:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Throughout your generations, you are to give the LORD an offering from the first of your dough.
Read word by word - Numbers 18:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.
Read word by word - Numbers 24:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 11:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 18:4
· BSB · 2 occurrences
You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 21:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 26:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 26:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land that You, O LORD, have given me.” Then you are to place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before Him.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 33:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 2:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 15:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 31:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 10:37
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 10.38
- Nehemiah 12:44
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.
Read word by word - Job 8:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
Read word by word - Job 40:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
Read word by word - Job 42:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
Read word by word - Psalms 78:51
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
Read word by word - Psalms 105:36
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
Read word by word - Psalms 111:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
Read word by word - Proverbs 1:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Read word by word - Proverbs 3:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;
Read word by word - Proverbs 4:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Wisdom is supreme; so acquire wisdom. And whatever you may acquire, gain understanding.
Read word by word - Proverbs 8:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.
Read word by word - Proverbs 17:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 7:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
Read word by word - Isaiah 46:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Read word by word - Jeremiah 2:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Israel was holy to the LORD, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who devoured her were found guilty; disaster came upon them,’” declares the LORD.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 26:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:
Read word by word - Jeremiah 27:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 28:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:
Read word by word - Jeremiah 49:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 49:35
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 20:40
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 44:30
· BSB · 2 occurrences
The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 48:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They must not sell or exchange any of it, and they must not transfer this best part of the land, for it is holy to the LORD.
Read word by word - Daniel 11:41
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites.
Read word by word - Hosea 9:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
Read word by word - Amos 6:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
Read word by word - Amos 6:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
Read word by word - Micah 1:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
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