Rishon רִאשׁוֹן

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Rishon
רִאשׁוֹן
Transliterationrishon
Strong's numberH7223 (H7223G, H7223H, H7223I)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechadjective
Glossfirst
Occurrences182 in 174 verses
Most frequent inIsaiah (19)

Rishon (Hebrew רִאשׁוֹן, Strong's H7223) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “first”. It occurs 182 times in 174 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H7223G: 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

H7223H: 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

H7223I: 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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVfirst (129), former (26), things (6), beginning (4), foremost (3), before (3), chief (3), time (2), ancestors (1), past (1), beforetime (1), eldest (1), and 2 other renderings
BSBfirst (73), beginning (10), former things (6), first month (5), former (5), like the originals (4), day of the first (4), earlier (4), before (3), past (3), previously (2), like the first (2), and 44 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Rishon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Joel

Micah

Haggai

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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