DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Beginning

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

106exact KJV occurrences 54Old Testament 52New Testament 35books containing the word 10mapped Strong's IDs 100occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 22:13

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

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HEAVIEST BOOK

Isaiah

12 occurrences in 12 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where beginning appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 55 verses Exodus 11 verses Deuteronomy 33 verses Judges 11 verses Ruth 22 verses 2 Samuel 22 verses 2 Kings 11 verses 1 Chronicles 11 verses Ezra 11 verses Job 22 verses Psalms 22 verses Proverbs 66 verses Ecclesiastes 33 verses Isaiah 1212 verses Jeremiah 55 verses Lamentations 11 verses Ezekiel 11 verses Daniel 22 verses Hosea 11 verses Amos 11 verses Micah 11 verses Matthew 66 verses Mark 33 verses Luke 44 verses John 1010 verses Acts 55 verses Ephesians 11 verses Philippians 11 verses Colossians 11 verses 2 Thessalonians 11 verses Hebrews 33 verses 2 Peter 22 verses 1 John 97 verses 2 John 22 verses Revelation 44 verses

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG746

ἀρχή

archḗ · ar-khay'

39 times translated as this KJV form58 total Strong's occurrences

(properly abstract) a commencement, or (concretely) chief (in various applications of order, time, place, or rank)

Strong's KJV usage: :--beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.

Other KJV renderings

the beginning 12 principalities 6 first 3 corners 2 principality 2 the beginnings 1 magistrates 1 power 1

Strong's first: Matthew 19:4Strong's last: Revelation 22:13

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HebrewH7225

רֵאשִׁית

rêʼshîyth · ray-sheeth'

18 times translated as this KJV form50 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)

Strong's KJV usage: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.

Other KJV renderings

firstfruits 10 first 9 chief 8 firstfruit 1 part 1 chiefest 1 thing 1 time 1

Strong's first: Genesis 1:1Strong's last: Micah 1:13

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HebrewH8462

תְּחִלָּה

tᵉchillâh · tekh-il-law'

14 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

a commencement; relatively original (adverb, -ly)

Strong's KJV usage: begin(-ning), first (time).

Other KJV renderings

first 5 time 2 begin 1

Strong's first: Genesis 13:3Strong's last: Amos 7:1

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HebrewH7218

רֹאשׁ

rôʼsh · roshe

12 times translated as this KJV form598 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

Strong's KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, × every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), × lead, × poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

Other KJV renderings

head 264 chief 91 heads 85 top 65 sum 9 tops 8 companies 7 captains 6

Strong's first: Exodus 12:2Strong's last: Ezekiel 40:1

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GreekG756

ἄρχομαι

árchomai · ar'-khom-ahee

8 times translated as this KJV form89 total Strong's occurrences

to commence (in order of time)

Strong's KJV usage: :--(rehearse from the) begin(-ning).

Other KJV renderings

began 59 begin 5 he 3 when 2 shall begin 2 to 1 had begun 1 they 1

Strong's first: Matthew 14:30Strong's last: Acts 11:4

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HebrewH7223

רִאשׁוֹן

riʼshôwn · ree-shone'

4 times translated as this KJV form182 total Strong's occurrences

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

Strong's KJV usage: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.

Other KJV renderings

first 129 former 26 things 6 foremost 3 before 3 chief 3 time 2 ancestors 1

Strong's first: Ruth 3:10Strong's last: Jeremiah 17:12

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HebrewH227

אָז

ʼâz · awz

2 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences

adv

at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore

Strong's KJV usage: beginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.

Other KJV renderings

then 4 time 4 since 2 Then 2 now 1 even 1 hitherto 1 for 1

Strong's first: Isaiah 48:3Strong's last: Isaiah 48:5

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GreekG509

ἄνωθεν

ánōthen · an'-o-then

1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences

from above; by analogy, from the first; by implication, anew

Strong's KJV usage: :--from above, again, from the beginning (very first), the top.

Other KJV renderings

above 4 top 3 again 2 first 1 from above 1

Strong's first: Acts 26:5Strong's last: Acts 26:5

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GreekG4412

πρῶτον

prōton · pro'-ton

1 times translated as this KJV form59 total Strong's occurrences

firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)

Strong's KJV usage: :--before, at the beginning, chiefly (at, at the) first (of all).

Other KJV renderings

first 53 all 2 before 1 First 1 chiefly 1

Strong's first: John 2:10Strong's last: John 2:10

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GreekG4413

πρῶτος

prōtos · pro'-tos

1 times translated as this KJV form101 total Strong's occurrences

foremost (in time, place, order or importance)

Strong's KJV usage: :--before, beginning, best, chief(-est), first (of all), former.

Other KJV renderings

first 64 the first 10 chief 8 than the first 4 The first 2 before 2 to the first 1 the chiefest 1

Strong's first: 2 Peter 2:20Strong's last: 2 Peter 2:20

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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2 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

2 John 1:5

G746

And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.

2 John 1:6

G746

And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

beginning

BEGIN'NING, participle present tense First entering upon; commencing; giving rise or original; taking rise or origin.

BEGIN'NING, noun The first cause; origin.

I am the beginning and the ending. Revelation 1:8.

1. That which is first; the first state; commencement; entrance into being.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1.

3. The rudiments, first ground or materials.

Mighty things from small beginnings grow

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

SOURCE & METHOD

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.

Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.

Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.