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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Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?
And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.
And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.
And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
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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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