TBESH · H8462
תְּחִלָּה · te.chil.lah · beginning
1) beginning, first 1a) the first time 1b) from the beginning, in the beginning (with prep)
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te.chil.lah H8462
תְּחִלָּה (te.chil.lah) means “beginning” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
תְּחִלָּה Hebrew · H8462 22 tagged occurrences in 21 verses
Pronunciation guide: tekh-il-law' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H2490 (חָלַל) in the sense of opening; a commencement; rel. original (adverb, -ly)
KJV glosses: begin(-ning), first (time).
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How translators render H8462
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 |
|---|---|
| at the beginning | 4 |
| first | 3 |
| as at the beginning | 1 |
| earlier | 1 |
| from the beginning | 1 |
| had formerly | 1 |
| here the first time | 1 |
| in the earlier | 1 |
| is the beginning | 1 |
| it had been before | 1 |
| the beginning | 1 |
| the first time | 1 |
| was coming up | 1 |
| when the settlers first | 1 |
| will be the first | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| in the beginning | 4 |
| at the beginning | 3 |
| first | 3 |
| the beginning | 3 |
| as at the beginning | 2 |
| at the first time | 2 |
| at the first | 1 |
| from the beginning | 1 |
| it was at the beginning | 1 |
| to begin | 1 |
| unto me at the first | 1 |
Verses containing H8462
Page 1 of 1. 21 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 13:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
Read word by word - Genesis 41:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.
Read word by word - Genesis 43:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”
Read word by word - Genesis 43:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.
Read word by word - Judges 1:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”
Read word by word - Judges 20:18
· BSB · 2 occurrences
The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
Read word by word - Ruth 1:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Naomi returned from the land of Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth the Moabitess. And they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 17:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely by now he is hiding in a cave or some other location. If some of your troops fall first, whoever hears of it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 21:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 21:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 17:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
Read word by word - Ezra 4:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 11:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
Read word by word - Proverbs 9:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 10:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
Read word by word - Isaiah 1:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Daniel 8:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one that had appeared to me earlier.
Read word by word - Daniel 9:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
Read word by word - Daniel 9:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:
Read word by word - Hosea 1:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”
Read word by word - Amos 7:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
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