H7225 רֵאשִׁית
rêʼshîyth — the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
KJV: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
Derived from רֹאשׁ rôʼsh (the head)
Occurs 51 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- רֵאשִׁית n.f. beginning, chief
- a beginning
- b first
- 2 first, chief
Where it occurs
- Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
- Genesis 10:10 — The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Genesis 49:3 — “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
- Exodus 23:19 — You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground into the house of the LORD your God. “You shall not boil a…
- Exodus 34:26 — “You shall bring the first of the first fruits of your ground to the house of the LORD your God. “You shall not boil a…
- Leviticus 2:12 — As an offering of first fruits you shall offer them to the LORD, but they shall not rise up as a pleasant aroma on the…
- Leviticus 23:10 — “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap…
- Numbers 15:20 — Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a wave offering. As the wave offering of the threshing floor…
- Numbers 15:21 — Of the first of your dough, you shall give to the LORD a wave offering throughout your generations.
- Numbers 18:12 — “I have given to you all the best of the oil, all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them…