Strong's Hebrew #7225 - רֵאשִׁית reshith (beginning)

beginning, chiefest, firstfruits, part, time, principal thing

From the same as ro'sh; the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit) -- beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.

see HEBREW ro'sh

1) first, beginning, best, chief
1a) beginning
1b) first
1c) chief
1d) choice part
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from the same as H7218
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2097e

[רֵאשִׁית] noun feminine beginning, chief (for *רְאֵשִׁית Nö^{GGA 1884, 1019}, compare Holz^{Hexateuch 465}; Syriac ); — absolute ׳ר Deuteronomy 33:21+, construct ׳ר Genesis 10:10+, רֵשִׁית Deuteronomy 11:12; suffix רֵאשִׁיתוֺ Ecclesiastes 7:8, רֵאשִׁתוֺ Job 42:12, etc.; —

1.a beginning of kingdom Genesis 10:10 (J), year Deuteronomy 11:12, reign Jeremiah 26:1; Jeremiah 27:1; Jeremiah 28:1; Jeremiah 49:34;= first phase, step, or element in course of events Isaiah 46:10 (opposed to אַחֲרִית); of a thing (דָּבָר) Ecclesiastes 7:8 (opposed to id.); of sin Micah 1:13, strife Proverbs 17:14, wisdom Psalm 111:10, knowledge Proverbs 1:7 thy beginning Job 8:7 his beginning Job 42:12 (both opposed to אַחֲרִית), ׳ר before clause, ׳בָּרָא א ׳בְּר Genesis 1:1 in the beginning when god created (> absolute in the beginning God created); אֹנִי ׳ר Genesis 49:3 (poem) beginning (first product) of my manly vigour ("" בְּכֹרִי כֹּחִי so Deuteronomy 21:17; Psalm 78:51 (both "" בְּכוֺת Psalm 105:36; compare דֵּרְכֵי אֵל ׳ר Job 40:19 (of hippopotamus), דַּרְכּוֺ ׳ר Proverbs 8:22 (of wisdom);=first season (of a tree) Hosea 9:10; גּוֺיִם׳ר Numbers 24:20 (JE), first, earliest, of nations.

b. first of fruits Exodus 23:19 (E), Exodus 34:26 (JE), Deuteronomy 26:2,10; Ezekiel 44:30.a, of harvest Leviticus 23:10 (H), grain Deuteronomy 18:4; 2Chronicles 31:5 dough Numbers 15:20,21 (P), Ezekiel 44:30b Nehemiah 10:38, wool Deuteronomy 18:4; of כָּלתְּֿבוּאָתֶ֑ךָ Proverbs 3:9; Israel is תְּבוּאָתֹה ׳ר Jeremiah 2:3 (i.e. of ׳יs increase); ׳ר=first-fruits Leviticus 2:12 (P), Numbers 18:12 (P), Nehemiah 12:44; הָאָרֶץ ׳ר Ezekiel 48:14

2 first chief, Amos 6:1; גְּבוּרָתָם ׳ר Jeremiah 49:35 (of bows); so apparently בְּנֵי עַמּוֺן ׳ר Daniel 11:41, i.e. the principal part of them (Buhl Marti conjecture שְׁאֵרִית after ᵑ6); מַשְׁאוֺתֵיכֶם ׳ר Ezekiel 20:40, i.e. your chief oblations; שְׁמָנִים ׳ר Amos 6:6, i.e. choice oils; = choice part, of land Deuteronomy 33:21, offering 1 Samuel 2:29, הַחֵרֶם 1 Samuel 15:21; absolute chief thing Proverbs 4:7 (of wisdom).

Strong's Hebrew: 7225. רֵאשִׁית (reshith) — 51 Occurrences

Genesis 1:1
HEB: בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים
NAS: In the beginning God created
KJV: In the beginning God created
INT: in the beginning created God

Genesis 10:10
HEB: וַתְּהִ֨י רֵאשִׁ֤ית מַמְלַכְתּוֹ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל
NAS: The beginning of his kingdom was Babel
KJV: And the beginning of his kingdom
INT: become the beginning of his kingdom was Babel

Genesis 49:3
HEB: אַ֔תָּה כֹּחִ֖י וְרֵאשִׁ֣ית אוֹנִ֑י יֶ֥תֶר
NAS: My might and the beginning of my strength,
KJV: my might, and the beginning of my strength,
INT: you my might and the beginning of my strength Preeminent

Exodus 23:19
HEB: רֵאשִׁ֗ית בִּכּוּרֵי֙ אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔
NAS: You shall bring the choice first fruits
KJV: The first of the firstfruits
INT: the choice first of your soil

Exodus 34:26
HEB: רֵאשִׁ֗ית בִּכּוּרֵי֙ אַדְמָ֣תְךָ֔
NAS: You shall bring the very first of the first fruits
KJV: The first of the firstfruits
INT: first of the first of your soil

Leviticus 2:12
HEB: קָרְבַּ֥ן רֵאשִׁ֛ית תַּקְרִ֥יבוּ אֹתָ֖ם
NAS: As an offering of first fruits you shall bring
KJV: As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer
INT: an offering of first shall bring to the LORD

Leviticus 23:10
HEB: אֶת־ עֹ֛מֶר רֵאשִׁ֥ית קְצִירְכֶ֖ם אֶל־
NAS: in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest
KJV: a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest
INT: shall bring the sheaf of the first of your harvest to

Numbers 15:20
HEB: רֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם חַלָּ֖ה
NAS: Of the first of your dough
KJV: a cake of the first of your dough
INT: of the first of your dough A cake

Numbers 15:21
HEB: מֵרֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תִּתְּנ֥וּ
NAS: From the first of your dough
KJV: Of the first of your dough
INT: the first of your dough shall give

Numbers 18:12
HEB: תִּיר֣וֹשׁ וְדָגָ֑ן רֵאשִׁיתָ֛ם אֲשֶׁר־ יִתְּנ֥וּ
NAS: and of the grain, the first fruits of those which
KJV: and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer
INT: of the fresh the grain the first which give

Numbers 24:20
HEB: מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר רֵאשִׁ֤ית גּוֹיִם֙ עֲמָלֵ֔ק
NAS: Amalek was the first of the nations,
KJV: Amalek [was] the first of the nations;
INT: his discourse and said was the first of the nations Amalek

Deuteronomy 11:12
HEB: אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ בָּ֔הּ מֵֽרֵשִׁית֙ הַשָּׁנָ֔ה וְעַ֖ד
NAS: are always on it, from the beginning even to the end
KJV: [are] always upon it, from the beginning of the year
INT: of the LORD your God the beginning of the year even

Deuteronomy 18:4
HEB: רֵאשִׁ֨ית דְּגָֽנְךָ֜ תִּֽירֹשְׁךָ֣
NAS: You shall give him the first fruits
KJV: The firstfruit [also] of thy corn,
INT: the first of your grain your new

Deuteronomy 18:4
HEB: תִּֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ וְיִצְהָרֶ֗ךָ וְרֵאשִׁ֛ית גֵּ֥ז צֹאנְךָ֖
NAS: him the first fruits of your grain,
KJV: and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece
INT: your new and your oil fruits shearing of your sheep

Deuteronomy 21:17
HEB: כִּי־ הוּא֙ רֵאשִׁ֣ית אֹנ֔וֹ ל֖וֹ
NAS: that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength;
KJV: of all that he hath: for he [is] the beginning of his strength;
INT: for he is the beginning of his strength the right

Deuteronomy 26:2
HEB: וְלָקַחְתָּ֞ מֵרֵאשִׁ֣ית ׀ כָּל־ פְּרִ֣י
NAS: some of the first of all
KJV: That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit
INT: you shall take of the first of all the produce

Deuteronomy 26:10
HEB: הֵבֵ֙אתִי֙ אֶת־ רֵאשִׁית֙ פְּרִ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֔ה
NAS: I have brought the first of the produce
INT: behold have brought the first of the produce of the ground

Deuteronomy 33:21
HEB: וַיַּ֤רְא רֵאשִׁית֙ ל֔וֹ כִּי־
NAS: Then he provided the first [part] for himself, For there
KJV: And he provided the first part for himself, because there, [in] a portion
INT: provided the first For there

1 Samuel 2:29
HEB: מִמֶּ֔נִּי לְהַבְרִֽיאֲכֶ֗ם מֵרֵאשִׁ֛ית כָּל־ מִנְחַ֥ת
NAS: Me, by making yourselves fat with the choicest of every
KJV: above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings
INT: above making the choicest of every offering

1 Samuel 15:21
HEB: צֹ֥אן וּבָקָ֖ר רֵאשִׁ֣ית הַחֵ֑רֶם לִזְבֹּ֛חַ
NAS: and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction,
KJV: and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed,
INT: sheep and oxen the choicest of the things to sacrifice

2 Chronicles 31:5
HEB: בְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ רֵאשִׁ֣ית דָּגָ֗ן תִּיר֤וֹשׁ
NAS: provided in abundance the first fruits of grain,
KJV: in abundance the firstfruits of corn,
INT: the sons of Israel the first of grain new

Nehemiah 10:37
HEB: וְאֶת־ רֵאשִׁ֣ית עֲרִיסֹתֵ֣ינוּ וּ֠תְרוּמֹתֵינוּ
NAS: We will also bring the first of our dough,
KJV: And [that] we should bring the firstfruits of our dough,
INT: the first of our dough our contributions

Nehemiah 12:44
HEB: לָא֨וֹצָר֥וֹת לַתְּרוּמוֹת֮ לָרֵאשִׁ֣ית וְלַמַּֽעַשְׂרוֹת֒ לִכְנ֨וֹס
NAS: the contributions, the first fruits and the tithes,
KJV: for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes,
INT: the stores the contributions the first and the tithes to gather

Job 8:7
HEB: וְהָיָ֣ה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗
NAS: Though your beginning was insignificant,
KJV: Though thy beginning was small,
INT: become your beginning was insignificant your end

Job 40:19
HEB: ה֭וּא רֵאשִׁ֣ית דַּרְכֵי־ אֵ֑ל
NAS: He is the first of the ways of God;
KJV: He [is] the chief of the ways of God:
INT: He is the first of the ways of God

Job 42:12
HEB: אַחֲרִ֥ית אִיּ֖וֹב מֵרֵאשִׁת֑וֹ וַֽיְהִי־ ל֡וֹ
NAS: more than his beginning; and he had
KJV: of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen
INT: end of Job his beginning become four

Psalm 78:51
HEB: בְּכ֣וֹר בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם רֵאשִׁ֥ית א֝וֹנִ֗ים בְּאָהֳלֵי־
NAS: in Egypt, The first [issue] of their virility
KJV: in Egypt; the chief of [their] strength
INT: the firstborn Egypt the first their virility the tents

Psalm 105:36
HEB: בְּכ֣וֹר בְּאַרְצָ֑ם רֵ֝אשִׁ֗ית לְכָל־ אוֹנָֽם׃
NAS: in their land, The first fruits of all
KJV: in their land, the chief of all their strength.
INT: the firstborn their land the first of all their vigor

Psalm 111:10
HEB: רֵ֘אשִׁ֤ית חָכְמָ֨ה ׀ יִרְאַ֬ת
NAS: of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
KJV: of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom:
INT: is the beginning of wisdom the fear

Proverbs 1:7
HEB: יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה רֵאשִׁ֣ית דָּ֑עַת חָכְמָ֥ה
NAS: of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
KJV: of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge:
INT: the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge wisdom

Proverbs 3:9
HEB: יְ֭הוָה מֵהוֹנֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מֵרֵאשִׁ֗ית כָּל־ תְּבוּאָתֶֽךָ׃
NAS: from your wealth And from the first of all
KJV: with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
INT: the LORD your wealth the first of all your produce

Proverbs 4:7
HEB: רֵאשִׁ֣ית חָ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה
NAS: The beginning of wisdom [is]: Acquire
KJV: Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get
INT: the beginning of wisdom Acquire

Proverbs 8:22
HEB: יְֽהוָ֗ה קָ֭נָנִי רֵאשִׁ֣ית דַּרְכּ֑וֹ קֶ֖דֶם
NAS: possessed me at the beginning of His way,
KJV: possessed me in the beginning of his way,
INT: the LORD possessed the beginning of his way Before

Proverbs 17:14
HEB: פּ֣וֹטֵֽר מַ֭יִם רֵאשִׁ֣ית מָד֑וֹן וְלִפְנֵ֥י
NAS: The beginning of strife
KJV: The beginning of strife
INT: is letting water the beginning of strife before

Ecclesiastes 7:8
HEB: אַחֲרִ֥ית דָּבָ֖ר מֵֽרֵאשִׁית֑וֹ ט֥וֹב אֶֽרֶךְ־
NAS: than its beginning; Patience
KJV: of a thing than the beginning thereof: [and] the patient
INT: the end of a matter beginning is better Patience

Isaiah 46:10
HEB: מַגִּ֤יד מֵֽרֵאשִׁית֙ אַחֲרִ֔ית וּמִקֶּ֖דֶם
NAS: the end from the beginning, And from ancient times
KJV: the end from the beginning, and from ancient times
INT: Declaring the beginning the end ancient

Jeremiah 2:3
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לַיהוָ֔ה רֵאשִׁ֖ית תְּבוּאָתֹ֑ה כָּל־
NAS: to the LORD, The first of His harvest.
KJV: unto the LORD, [and] the firstfruits of his increase:
INT: Israel to the LORD the first of his harvest All

Jeremiah 26:1
HEB: בְּרֵאשִׁ֗ית מַמְלְכ֛וּת יְהוֹיָקִ֥ים
NAS: In the beginning of the reign
KJV: In the beginning of the reign
INT: the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim

Jeremiah 27:1
HEB: בְּרֵאשִׁ֗ית מַמְלֶ֛כֶת יְהוֹיָקִ֥ם
NAS: In the beginning of the reign
KJV: In the beginning of the reign
INT: the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim

Jeremiah 28:1
HEB: בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הַהִ֗יא בְּרֵאשִׁית֙ מַמְלֶ֙כֶת֙ צִדְקִיָּ֣ה
NAS: year, in the beginning of the reign
KJV: And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign
INT: year the same the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah

Jeremiah 49:34
HEB: אֶל־ עֵילָ֑ם בְּרֵאשִׁ֗ית מַלְכ֛וּת צִדְקִיָּ֥ה
NAS: Elam, at the beginning of the reign
KJV: against Elam in the beginning of the reign
INT: concerning Elam the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah

Jeremiah 49:35
HEB: קֶ֣שֶׁת עֵילָ֑ם רֵאשִׁ֖ית גְּבוּרָתָֽם׃
NAS: of Elam, The finest of their might.
KJV: of Elam, the chief of their might.
INT: the bow of Elam the finest of their might

Ezekiel 20:40
HEB: תְּרוּמֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם וְאֶת־ רֵאשִׁ֛ית מַשְׂאוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם בְּכָל־
NAS: your contributions and the choicest of your gifts,
KJV: your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations,
INT: will seek your contributions and the choicest of your gifts all

Ezekiel 44:30
HEB: וְרֵאשִׁית֩ כָּל־ בִּכּ֨וּרֵי
NAS: The first of all the first fruits
KJV: And the first of all the firstfruits
INT: the first of all the first

Ezekiel 44:30
HEB: לַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים יִֽהְיֶ֑ה וְרֵאשִׁ֤ית עֲרִסֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ תִּתְּנ֣וּ
NAS: to the priest the first of your dough
KJV: unto the priest the first of your dough,
INT: the priests become the first of your dough give

Ezekiel 48:14
HEB: (יַעֲבִ֖יר ק) רֵאשִׁ֣ית הָאָ֑רֶץ כִּי־
NAS: of it, or alienate this choice [portion] of land;
KJV: nor alienate the firstfruits of the land:
INT: not alienate choice land for

Daniel 11:41
HEB: אֱד֣וֹם וּמוֹאָ֔ב וְרֵאשִׁ֖ית בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃
NAS: Moab and the foremost of the sons
KJV: and Moab, and the chief of the children
INT: Edom Moab and the foremost of the sons of Ammon

Hosea 9:10
HEB: כְּבִכּוּרָ֤ה בִתְאֵנָה֙ בְּרֵ֣אשִׁיתָ֔הּ רָאִ֖יתִי אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם
NAS: on the fig tree in its first [season]. [But] they came
KJV: in the fig tree at her first time: [but] they went
INT: as the earliest the fig first saw your forefathers

Amos 6:1
HEB: שֹׁמְר֑וֹן נְקֻבֵי֙ רֵאשִׁ֣ית הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וּבָ֥אוּ
NAS: The distinguished men of the foremost of nations,
KJV: [which are] named chief of the nations,
INT: of Samaria the distinguished of the foremost of nations comes

Amos 6:6
HEB: בְּמִזְרְקֵי֙ יַ֔יִן וְרֵאשִׁ֥ית שְׁמָנִ֖ים יִמְשָׁ֑חוּ
NAS: While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils,
KJV: and anoint themselves with the chief ointments:
INT: sacrificial wine the finest of oils anoint

Micah 1:13
HEB: יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת לָכִ֑ישׁ רֵאשִׁ֨ית חַטָּ֥את הִיא֙
NAS: of Lachish-- She was the beginning of sin
KJV: to the swift beast: she [is] the beginning of the sin
INT: inhabitant of Lachish she the beginning of sin he