Legacy Standard Bible

רֵאשִׁית

reshith

H7225 · Hebrew / Aramaic

(912a); from 7218; beginning, chief:--

LSB renderings

beginning(18), choice(2), choicest(3), finest(1), first(20), first fruits(6), foremost(1), go back(2).

Occurs in 51 verses

  • Gen 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
  • Gen 10:10The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
  • Gen 49:3Reuben, you are my firstborn;My might and the beginning of my vigor,Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in strength.
  • Ex 23:19You shall bring the choice first fruits of your ground into the house of Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in the milk of its mother.
  • Ex 34:26You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your ground into the house of Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
  • Lev 2:12As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them near to Yahweh, but they shall not ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar.
  • Lev 23:10Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest.
  • Num 15:20Of the first of your dough you shall raise up a cake as a contribution offering; as the contribution offering of the threshing floor, so you shall raise it up.
  • Num 15:21From the first of your dough you shall give to Yahweh a contribution offering throughout your generations.
  • Num 18:12All the best of the fresh oil and all the best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of those which they give to Yahweh, I give them to you.
  • Num 24:20Then he looked at Amalek and took up his discourse and said, Amalek was the first of the nations,But his end shall be destruction.”
  • Deut 11:12a land for which Yahweh your God cares; the eyes of Yahweh your God are always on it, from the beginning even to the end of the year.
  • Deut 18:4You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine and your oil and the first shearing of your sheep.
  • Deut 21:17But he shall recognize the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the first of his vigor; the legal judgment for the firstborn belongs to him.
  • Deut 26:2that you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground which you bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place where Yahweh your God chooses for His name to dwell.
  • Deut 26:10So now behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground which You, O Yahweh, have given me.’ And you shall set it down before Yahweh your God and worship before Yahweh your God;
  • Deut 33:21Then he provided the first part for himself,For there the ruler’s portion was reserved;And he came with the heads of the people;He did the righteousness of Yahweh,And His judgments with Israel.”
  • 1 Sam 2:29Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering which I have commanded in My habitation, and honor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’
  • 1 Sam 3:5Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; go back, lie down.” So he went and lay down.
  • 1 Sam 3:6Then Yahweh called yet again, “Samuel!” So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he answered, “I did not call, my son; go back, lie down.”
  • 1 Sam 15:21But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God at Gilgal.”
  • 2 Chr 31:5As soon as the word spread forth, the sons of Israel provided in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of all.
  • Neh 10:37We will also bring the first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the new wine and the oil to the priests at the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites, for the Levites are they who receive the tithes in all the towns where we serve.
  • Neh 12:44On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah was glad over the priests and Levites who stood to minister.
  • Job 8:7Though your beginning was insignificant,Yet your end will increase greatly.
  • Job 40:19It is the first of the ways of God;Let its Maker bring near its sword.
  • Job 42:12And Yahweh blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels and 1,000 pairs of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.
  • Psalm 78:51So He struck all the firstborn in Egypt,The first of their vigor in the tents of Ham.
  • Psalm 105:36He also struck down all the firstborn in their land,The first of all their vigor.
  • Psalm 111:10The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom;Good insight belongs to all those who do His commandments;His praise stands forever.
  • Prov 1:7The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge;Ignorant fools despise wisdom and discipline.
  • Prov 3:9Honor Yahweh from your wealthAnd from the first of all your produce;
  • Prov 4:7The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom;And with all your acquiring, acquire understanding.
  • Prov 8:22Yahweh possessed me at the beginning of His way,Before His deeds of old.
  • Prov 17:14The beginning of strife is like letting out water,So abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
  • Eccl 7:8Better is the end of a matter than its beginning;Better is patience of spirit than haughtiness of spirit.
  • Isa 46:10Declaring the end from the beginning,And from ancient times things which have not been done,Saying, ‘My counsel will be established,And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’,
  • Jer 2:3Israel was holy to Yahweh,The first of His produce.All who ate of it became guilty;Evil came upon them,” declares Yahweh.’”
  • Jer 26:1In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from Yahweh, saying,
  • Jer 27:1In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying
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