רֵאשִׁית reshit

Hebrew word for “first” · Strong’s H7225 · used 51 times in 49 verses

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Meaning

: beginning; 1) first, beginning, best, chief;

Senses in the lexicon

• first: beginning (41)
• first: best (10)

How it is translated

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

• beginning 22
• first 12
• choicest 6
• first fruit 4
• best 3
• some of the first 2
• more than beginning 2

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 15 (2), Deuteronomy 26 (2), Jeremiah 49 (2), Amos 6 (2), Genesis 1 (1), Genesis 10 (1), Genesis 49 (1), Exodus 23 (1), Exodus 34 (1), Leviticus 2 (1)

Forms

• ראשׁית 28
• וראשׁית 6
• בראשׁית 5
• מראשׁית 4
• ראשׁיתם 1
• מרשׁית 1
• לראשׁית 1
• ראשׁיתך 1
• מראשׁתו 1
• ומראשׁית 1

Words used with it

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

• אַחֲרִית acharit “end” 6
• תְּרוּמָה terumah “contribution” 6
• עֲרִיסָה arisah “dough” 4
• אוֹן on “strength” 4
• יִצְהָר yitshar “oil” 4
• תִּירוֹשׁ tirosh “new wine” 4
• אֲדָמָה adamah “land” 5
• בִּכּוּרִים bikkur “firstfruit” 3
• בְּכוֹר bekhor “firstborn” 4
• מַעֲשֵׂר maaser “tithe” 3
• דָּגָן dagan “grain” 3
• תְּבוּאָה tevuah “produce” 3

Key verses

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

• Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
• Deuteronomy 26:2 — 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…
• 1 Samuel 2:29 — Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with…
• Psalms 111:10 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his praise endureth for ever.
• Proverbs 1:7 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Proverbs 3:9 — Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
• Proverbs 17:14 — The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
• Isaiah 46:10 — Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
• Jeremiah 2:3 — Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
• Ezekiel 20:40 — For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me:…
• Hosea 9:10 — I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baal-peor, and separated…
• Amos 6:1 — Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

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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.