Genesis 1:5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Read in context →I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
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riʼshôwn · ree-shone'
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.
Strong's first: Genesis 8:13Strong's last: Zechariah 14:10
Open full H7223 profile →prōtos · pro'-tos
foremost (in time, place, order or importance)
Strong's KJV usage: :--before, beginning, best, chief(-est), first (of all), former.
Strong's first: Matthew 10:2Strong's last: Revelation 22:13
Open full G4413 profile →prōton · pro'-ton
firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
Strong's KJV usage: :--before, at the beginning, chiefly (at, at the) first (of all).
Strong's first: Matthew 5:24Strong's last: 2 Peter 3:3
Open full G4412 profile →bên · bane
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Strong's first: Exodus 12:5Strong's last: Ezekiel 46:13
Open full H1121 profile →ʼechâd · ekh-awd'
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Strong's KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Strong's first: Genesis 1:5Strong's last: Haggai 1:1
Open full H259 profile →rêʼshîyth · ray-sheeth'
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
Strong's KJV usage: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
Strong's first: Exodus 23:19Strong's last: Ezekiel 44:30
Open full H7225 profile →heîs · hice
one
Strong's KJV usage: :--a(-n, -ny, certain), + abundantly, man, one (another), only, other, some.
Strong's first: Matthew 28:1Strong's last: Titus 3:10
Open full G1520 profile →rôʼsh · roshe
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.
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 12:9Strong's last: Amos 6:7
Open full H7218 profile →tᵉchillâh · tekh-il-law'
a commencement; relatively original (adverb, -ly)
Strong's KJV usage: begin(-ning), first (time).
Strong's first: Judges 1:1Strong's last: Daniel 8:1
Open full H8462 profile →chad · khad
as card. one; as article single; as an ordinal, first; adverbially, at once
Strong's KJV usage: a, first, one, together.
Strong's first: Ezra 5:13Strong's last: Daniel 7:1
Open full H2298 profile →archḗ · ar-khay'
(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.
Strong's first: Acts 26:4Strong's last: Hebrews 5:12
Open full G746 profile →próteron · prot'-er-on
previously
Strong's KJV usage: :--before, (at the) first, former.
Strong's first: Galatians 4:13Strong's last: Hebrews 7:27
Open full G4386 profile →bath · bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, × first, × old, owl, town, village.
Strong's first: Leviticus 14:10Strong's last: Numbers 15:27
Open full H1323 profile →qadmay · kad-mah'-ee
first
Strong's KJV usage: first.
Strong's first: Daniel 7:4Strong's last: Daniel 7:24
Open full H6933 profile →ánōthen · an'-o-then
from above; by analogy, from the first; by implication, anew
Strong's KJV usage: :--from above, again, from the beginning (very first), the top.
Strong's first: Luke 1:3Strong's last: Luke 1:3
Open full G509 profile →deuteróprōtos · dyoo-ter-op'-ro-tos
second-first, i.e. (specially) a designation of the Sabbath immediately after the Paschal week (being the second after Passover day, and the first of the seven Sabbaths intervening before Pentecost)
Strong's KJV usage: :--second … after the first.
Strong's first: Luke 6:1Strong's last: Luke 6:1
Open full G1207 profile →prókeimai · prok'-i-mahee
to lie before the view, i.e. (figuratively) to be present (to the mind), to stand forth (as an example or reward)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be first, set before (forth).
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 8:12Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 8:12
Open full G4295 profile →châlal · khaw-lal'
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Strong's KJV usage: begin (× men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, × take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 14:35Strong's last: 1 Samuel 14:35
Open full H2490 profile →pânîym · paw-neem'
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, × as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, × him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (-s), × me, meet, × more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), × on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, × shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, × thee, × them(-selves), through ( -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(-in, -stand), × ye, × you.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 3:13Strong's last: 2 Samuel 3:13
Open full H6440 profile →riʼshônîy · ree-sho-nee'
first
Strong's KJV usage: first.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 25:1Strong's last: Jeremiah 25:1
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And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
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FIRST, adjective furst. [See fare and for.]
1. Advanced before or further than any other in progression; foremost in place; as the first man in a marching company or troop is the man that precedes all the rest. Hence,
2. Preceding all others in the order of time. Adam was the first man. Cain was the first murderer. Monday was the first day of January.
3. Preceding all others in numbers or a progressive series; the ordinal of one; as, 1 is the first number.
4. Preceding all others in rank, dignity or excellence. Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece. Burke was one of the first geniuses of his age. Give God the first place in your affections.
FIRST, adverb furst.
1. Before any thing else in the order of time.
Adam was first formed, then Eve. 1 Timothy 2:1.
2. Before all others in place or progression.
Let the officers enter the gate first
3. Before any thing else in order of proceeding or consideration. first let us attend to the examination of the witnesses.
4. Before all others in rank. He stands or ranks first in public estimation.
At first at the first as the beginning or origin.
FIRST or last, at one time or another; at the beginning or end.
And all fools and lovers first or last.
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.
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