Strong's Concordance H7225

Original Word: רֵאשִׁית
Transliteration: rêʼshîyth
Phonetic Spelling: ray-sheeth'
from the same as H7218; the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit); beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.

Usages throughout the bible

Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning H7225 God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 10:10 - And the beginning H7225 of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Genesis 49:3 - Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning H7225 of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

Exodus 23:19 - The first H7225 of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Exodus 34:26 - The first H7225 of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Leviticus 2:12 - As for the oblation of the firstfruits, H7225 ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.

Leviticus 23:10 - Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits H7225 of your harvest unto the priest:

Numbers 15:20 - Ye shall offer up a cake of the first H7225 of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.

Numbers 15:21 - Of the first H7225 of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.

Numbers 18:12 - All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits H7225 of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.

Numbers 24:20 - And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first H7225 of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

Deuteronomy 11:12 - A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning H7225 of the year even unto the end of the year.

Deuteronomy 18:4 - The firstfruit H7225 also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first H7225 of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

Deuteronomy 21:17 - But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning H7225 of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Deuteronomy 26:2 - That thou shalt take of the first H7225 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 basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.

Deuteronomy 33:21 - And he provided the first part H7225 for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.

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 the chiefest H7225 of all the offerings of Israel my people?

1 Samuel 15:21 - But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief H7225 of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

2 Chronicles 31:5 - And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits H7225 of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

Nehemiah 10:37 - And that we should bring the firstfruits H7225 of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

Nehemiah 12:44 - And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, H7225 and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

Job 8:7 - Though thy beginning H7225 was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

Job 40:19 - He is the chief H7225 of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

Job 42:12 - So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: H7225 for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

Psalms 78:51 - And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief H7225 of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

Psalms 105:36 - He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief H7225 of all their strength.

Psalms 111:10 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning H7225 of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

Proverbs 1:7 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning H7225 of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 3:9 - Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits H7225 of all thine increase:

Proverbs 4:7 - Wisdom is the principal thing; H7225 therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 8:22 - The LORD possessed me in the beginning H7225 of his way, before his works of old.

Proverbs 17:14 - The beginning H7225 of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Better is the end of a thing than the beginning H7225 thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Isaiah 46:10 - Declaring the end from the beginning, H7225 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 H7225 of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 26:1 - In the beginning H7225 of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,

Jeremiah 27:1 - In the beginning H7225 of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

Jeremiah 28:1 - And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning H7225 of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

Jeremiah 49:34 - The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning H7225 of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

Jeremiah 49:35 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief H7225 of their might.

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: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits H7225 of your oblations, with all your holy things.

Ezekiel 44:30 - And the first H7225 of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first H7225 of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

Ezekiel 48:14 - And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits H7225 of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.

Daniel 11:41 - He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief H7225 of the children of Ammon.

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: H7225 but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.

Amos 6:1 - Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief H7225 of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

Amos 6:6 - That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief H7225 ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Micah 1:13 - O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning H7225 of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.