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Hebrew word study

רִאשׁוֹןriʼshôwn — first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

Pronounced “ree-shone'”

first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)

Translated in the King James as: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.

Appears 180 times in Scripture

Origin: or רִאשֹׁן; from H7221 (רִאשָׁה);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 10×
Genesis 8:13Genesis 13:4Genesis 25:25Genesis 26:1Genesis 28:19Genesis 32:17Genesis 33:2Genesis 38:28Genesis 40:13Genesis 41:20
Exodus — 11×
Exodus 4:8Exodus 12:2Exodus 12:15Exodus 12:16Exodus 12:18Exodus 34:1Exodus 34:4Exodus 40:2Exodus 40:17+ 2 more in Exodus
Leviticus — 9×
Leviticus 4:21Leviticus 5:8Leviticus 9:15Leviticus 23:5Leviticus 23:7Leviticus 23:35Leviticus 23:39Leviticus 23:40Leviticus 26:45
Numbers — 13×
Numbers 2:9Numbers 6:12Numbers 7:12Numbers 9:1Numbers 9:5Numbers 10:13Numbers 10:14Numbers 20:1Numbers 21:26Numbers 28:16Numbers 28:18Numbers 33:3+ 1 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 12×
Deuteronomy 4:32Deuteronomy 9:18Deuteronomy 10:1Deuteronomy 10:2Deuteronomy 10:3Deuteronomy 10:4Deuteronomy 10:10Deuteronomy 13:9Deuteronomy 16:4Deuteronomy 17:7Deuteronomy 19:14Deuteronomy 24:4
Joshua — 5×
Joshua 4:19Joshua 8:5Joshua 8:6Joshua 8:33Joshua 21:10
Judges — 4×
Judges 18:29Judges 20:22Judges 20:32Judges 20:39
Ruth — 1×
Ruth 3:10
1 Samuel — 2×
1 Sam 14:141 Sam 17:30
2 Samuel — 6×
2 Sam 7:102 Sam 18:272 Sam 19:202 Sam 19:432 Sam 20:182 Sam 21:9
1 Kings — 5×
1 Ki 13:61 Ki 17:131 Ki 18:251 Ki 20:91 Ki 20:17
2 Kings — 3×
2 Ki 1:142 Ki 17:342 Ki 17:40
1 Chronicles — 12×
1 Chr 9:21 Chr 11:61 Chr 12:151 Chr 17:91 Chr 18:171 Chr 24:71 Chr 25:91 Chr 27:21 Chr 27:31 Chr 29:29+ 2 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles — 16×
2 Chr 3:32 Chr 9:292 Chr 12:152 Chr 16:112 Chr 17:32 Chr 20:342 Chr 22:12 Chr 25:262 Chr 26:222 Chr 28:262 Chr 29:32 Chr 29:172 Chr 35:12 Chr 35:27+ 2 more in 2 Chronicles
Ezra — 6×
Ezra 3:12Ezra 6:19Ezra 7:9Ezra 8:31Ezra 9:2Ezra 10:17
Nehemiah — 3×
Nehemiah 5:15Nehemiah 7:5Nehemiah 8:18
Esther — 3×
Esther 1:14Esther 3:7Esther 3:12
Job — 2×
Job 8:8Job 15:7
Psalms — 2×
Psalms 79:8Psalms 89:49
Proverbs — 2×
Proverbs 18:17Proverbs 20:21
Ecclesiastes — 2×
Eccles 1:11Eccles 7:10
Isaiah — 19×
Isaiah 1:26Isaiah 9:1Isaiah 41:4Isaiah 41:22Isaiah 41:27Isaiah 42:9Isaiah 43:9Isaiah 43:18Isaiah 43:27Isaiah 44:6Isaiah 46:9Isaiah 48:3Isaiah 48:12Isaiah 52:4Isaiah 60:9Isaiah 61:4Isaiah 65:7Isaiah 65:16Isaiah 65:17
Jeremiah — 9×
Jeremiah 7:12Jeremiah 11:10Jeremiah 16:18Jeremiah 17:12Jeremiah 33:7Jeremiah 33:11Jeremiah 34:5Jeremiah 36:28Jeremiah 50:17
Ezekiel — 5×
Ezekiel 29:17Ezekiel 30:20Ezekiel 40:21Ezekiel 45:18Ezekiel 45:21
Daniel — 6×
Daniel 8:21Daniel 10:4Daniel 10:12Daniel 10:13Daniel 11:13Daniel 11:29
Hosea — 1×
Hosea 2:7
Joel — 1×
Joel 2:23
Micah — 1×
Micah 4:8
Haggai — 2×
Haggai 2:3Haggai 2:9
Zechariah — 7×
Zech 1:4Zech 6:2Zech 7:7Zech 7:12Zech 8:11Zech 12:7Zech 14:10

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