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 it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.
That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
The 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.
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.
And 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.
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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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