: 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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H7225 — רֵאשִׁית
re.shit · first: beginning · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 1:1 · בְּרֵאשִׁ֖יתIn the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.Genesis 10:10 · רֵאשִׁ֤יתAnd the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.Genesis 49:3 · וְרֵאשִׁ֣יתReuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:Exodus 23:19 · רֵאשִׁ֗יתThe first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.Exodus 34:26 · רֵאשִׁ֗יתThe first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.Leviticus 2:12 · רֵאשִׁ֛יתAs for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.Leviticus 23:10 · רֵאשִׁ֥יתSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:Numbers 15:20 · רֵאשִׁית֙Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough [for] an heave offering: as [ye do] the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.Numbers 15:21 · מֵרֵאשִׁית֙Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.Numbers 18:12 · רֵאשִׁיתָ֛םAll the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.Numbers 24:20 · רֵאשִׁ֤יתAnd when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek [was] the first of the nations; but his latter end [shall be] that he perish for ever.Deuteronomy 11:12 · מֵֽרֵשִׁית֙A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God [are] always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.Deuteronomy 18:4 · רֵאשִׁ֨ית · וְרֵאשִׁ֛יתThe firstfruit [also] of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.Deuteronomy 21:17 · רֵאשִׁ֣יתBut he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he [is] the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] his.Deuteronomy 26:2 · מֵרֵאשִׁ֣ית׀That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put [it] in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.Deuteronomy 26:10 · רֵאשִׁית֙And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:Deuteronomy 33:21 · רֵאשִׁית֙And he provided the first part for himself, because there, [in] a portion of the lawgiver, [was he] seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.1 Samuel 2:29 · מֵרֵאשִׁ֛יתWherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded [in my] habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?1 Samuel 15:21 · רֵאשִׁ֣יתBut the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.2 Chronicles 31:5 · רֵאשִׁ֣יתAnd as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all [things] brought they in abundantly.Nehemiah 10:37 · רֵאשִׁ֣יתAnd [that] we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.Nehemiah 12:44 · לָרֵאשִׁ֣יתAnd at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.Job 8:7 · רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.Job 40:19 · רֵאשִׁ֣יתHe [is] the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach [unto him].Job 42:12 · מֵרֵאשִׁת֑וֹSo the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.Psalm 78:51 · רֵאשִׁ֥יתAnd smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of [their] strength in the tabernacles of Ham:Psalm 105:36 · רֵ֝אשִׁ֗יתHe smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.Psalm 111:10 · רֵ֘אשִׁ֤יתThe fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.Proverbs 1:7 · רֵאשִׁ֣יתThe fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.Proverbs 3:9 · וּ֝מֵרֵאשִׁ֗יתHonour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:Proverbs 4:7 · רֵאשִׁ֣יתWisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.Proverbs 8:22 · רֵאשִׁ֣יתThe LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.Proverbs 17:14 · רֵאשִׁ֣יתThe beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.Ecclesiastes 7:8 · מֵֽרֵאשִׁית֑וֹBetter [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit.Isaiah 46:10 · מֵֽרֵאשִׁית֙Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times [the things] that are not [yet] done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:Jeremiah 2:3 · רֵאשִׁ֖יתIsrael [was] holiness unto the LORD, [and] the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 26:1 · בְּרֵאשִׁ֗יתIn the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,Jeremiah 27:1 · בְּרֵאשִׁ֗יתIn the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,Jeremiah 28:1 · בְּרֵאשִׁית֙And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, [and] in the fifth month, [that] Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which [was] of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,Jeremiah 49:34 · בְּרֵאשִׁ֗יתThe word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,Jeremiah 49:35 · רֵאשִׁ֖יתThus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.Daniel 11:41 · וְרֵאשִׁ֖יתHe shall enter also into the glorious land, and many [countries] shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, [even] Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.Hosea 9:10 · בְּרֵ֣אשִׁיתָ֔הּI found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: [but] they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto [that] shame; and [their] abominations were according as they loved.Amos 6:1 · רֵאשִׁ֣יתWoe to them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, [which are] named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!Amos 6:6 · וְרֵאשִׁ֥יתThat drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.Micah 1:13 · רֵאשִׁ֨יתO thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she [is] the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.