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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Revelation 22:13
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
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64 occurrences in 62 verses.
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This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Genesis
1412 verses
Exodus
2216 verses
Leviticus
1515 verses
Numbers
6462 verses
Deuteronomy
1515 verses
Joshua
44 verses
Judges
76 verses
1 Samuel
22 verses
2 Samuel
77 verses
1 Kings
55 verses
1 Chronicles
1917 verses
2 Chronicles
1714 verses
Ezra
1310 verses
Nehemiah
33 verses
Esther
33 verses
Job
22 verses
Proverbs
11 verses
Isaiah
88 verses
Jeremiah
1010 verses
Ezekiel
1411 verses
Daniel
1313 verses
Hosea
22 verses
Joel
11 verses
Amos
11 verses
Micah
11 verses
Haggai
22 verses
Zechariah
33 verses
Matthew
2624 verses
Mark
1715 verses
Luke
2120 verses
John
1212 verses
Acts
1313 verses
Romans
77 verses
1 Corinthians
99 verses
2 Corinthians
22 verses
Galatians
11 verses
Ephesians
33 verses
Philippians
11 verses
1 Thessalonians
22 verses
2 Thessalonians
11 verses
1 Timothy
77 verses
2 Timothy
44 verses
Titus
22 verses
Hebrews
1414 verses
James
11 verses
1 Peter
11 verses
2 Peter
22 verses
1 John
11 verses
Jude
11 verses
Revelation
1917 verses
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.
רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn · ree-shone'
129 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
Strong's first: Genesis 8:13Strong's last: Zechariah 14:10
Open full H7223 profile →πρῶτος
prōtos · pro'-tos
83 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
Strong's first: Matthew 10:2Strong's last: Revelation 22:13
Open full G4413 profile →πρῶτον
prōton · pro'-ton
54 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
Strong's first: Matthew 5:24Strong's last: 2 Peter 3:3
Open full G4412 profile →בֵּן
bên · bane
51 times translated as this KJV form4,878 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 12:5Strong's last: Ezekiel 46:13
Open full H1121 profile →אֶחָד
ʼechâd · ekh-awd'
36 times translated as this KJV form942 total Strong's occurrences
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 →רֵאשִׁית
rêʼshîyth · ray-sheeth'
9 times translated as this KJV form50 total Strong's occurrences
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
Strong's first: Exodus 23:19Strong's last: Ezekiel 44:30
Open full H7225 profile →εἷς
heîs · hice
8 times translated as this KJV form336 total Strong's occurrences
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 →רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh · roshe
6 times translated as this KJV form598 total Strong's occurrences
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
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 12:9Strong's last: Amos 6:7
Open full H7218 profile →תְּחִלָּה
tᵉchillâh · tekh-il-law'
5 times translated as this KJV form22 total Strong's occurrences
a commencement; relatively original (adverb, -ly)
Strong's KJV usage: begin(-ning), first (time).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 1:1Strong's last: Daniel 8:1
Open full H8462 profile →חַד
chad · khad
4 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
as card. one; as article single; as an ordinal, first; adverbially, at once
Strong's KJV usage: a, first, one, together.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 5:13Strong's last: Daniel 7:1
Open full H2298 profile →ἀρχή
archḗ · ar-khay'
3 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
Strong's first: Acts 26:4Strong's last: Hebrews 5:12
Open full G746 profile →πρότερον
próteron · prot'-er-on
3 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
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 →בַּת
bath · bath
3 times translated as this KJV form588 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 14:10Strong's last: Numbers 15:27
Open full H1323 profile →קַדְמַי
qadmay · kad-mah'-ee
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
first
Strong's KJV usage: first.
Strong's first: Daniel 7:4Strong's last: Daniel 7:24
Open full H6933 profile →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
Strong's first: Luke 1:3Strong's last: Luke 1:3
Open full G509 profile →δευτερόπρωτος
deuteróprōtos · dyoo-ter-op'-ro-tos
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 6:1Strong's last: Luke 6:1
Open full G1207 profile →πρόκειμαι
prókeimai · prok'-i-mahee
1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
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 →חָלַל
châlal · khaw-lal'
1 times translated as this KJV form141 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 14:35Strong's last: 1 Samuel 14:35
Open full H2490 profile →פָּנִים
pânîym · paw-neem'
1 times translated as this KJV form2,083 total Strong's occurrences
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 3:13Strong's last: 2 Samuel 3:13
Open full H6440 profile →רִאשֹׁנִי
riʼshônîy · ree-sho-nee'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
first
Strong's KJV usage: first.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 25:1Strong's last: Jeremiah 25:1
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H7223
And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
H259
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
H259
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
H7223
All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
H1121
And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
H1121
And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
H1323
And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
H7223
And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
H1121
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
H1121
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
H1121
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
H1121
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
H1121
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
H1121
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
H1121
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
H1121
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
H1121
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
H1121
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
H1121
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
H1121
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
H1121
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
H1121
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
H1121
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
H1121
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
H1121
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
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first
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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