רִאשׁוֹן rishon

Hebrew word for “first” · Strong’s H7223 · used 181 times in 173 verses

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Meaning

: first; adj; 1) first, primary, former;

Senses in the lexicon

• first (127)
• first: previous (50)
• first: chief (4)

How it is translated

Glosses given for rishon in context, with how often each is used:

• first 81
• former 48
• former time 15
• first month 8
• former things 8
• like the former tablets 4
• first time 4
• first one 2
• will be first 1
• like the first offering 1
• foremost 1
• ¿ first 1

Where it is used

Also in 18 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 23 (5), Deuteronomy 10 (5), Exodus 12 (4), Joshua 8 (3), Judges 20 (3), Isaiah 41 (3), Isaiah 43 (3), Isaiah 65 (3), Daniel 10 (3), Exodus 34 (2)

Forms

• הראשׁון 62
• הראשׁנים 29
• בראשׁנה 15
• בראשׁון 7
• ראשׁון 7
• בראשׁונה 7
• ראשׁנה 6
• הראשׁנות 6
• כבראשׁנה 5
• הראשׁנה 5

Words used with it

Words that share verses with rishon more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַחֲרוֹן acharon “last” 24
• חֹדֶשׁ chodesh “month” 30
• דָּבָר davar “word” 25
• כָּתַב katav “to write” 15
• עָשָׂר asar “ten” 15
• אֲנִי ani “I” 15
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 15
• זֶה zeh “this” 15
• יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 13
• אַרְבַּע arba “four” 10
• פֶּסַח pesach “Passover” 7
• קָרָא qara “to call” 12

Key verses

The verses using rishon that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 12:15 — Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first…
• 2 Chronicles 17:3 — And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
• Nehemiah 5:15 — But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea,…
• Isaiah 1:26 — And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful…
• Isaiah 44:6 — Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
• Isaiah 60:9 — Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the…
• Isaiah 65:16 — That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because…
• Jeremiah 33:7 — And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
• Jeremiah 33:11 — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of…
• Jeremiah 50:17 — Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath…
• Joel 2:23 — Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you…
• Zechariah 1:4 — Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.