רִאשׁוֹן
riʾšôn
former
Strong's H7223AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 2097c

רִאשׁוֹן (riʾšôn) is a Hebrew adjective meaning former. It appears 182 times in 30 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7223).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2097c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2097c)former, first, chief; ancestor, before, beforetime, beginning, eldest, fore, forefather, foremost, of old time, past
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

רִאשׁוֹן adjective: former, first, chief

Strong's H7223 רִאשׁוֹן: first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
KJV:ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2097: רֹאשׁ rōʾš — head; top, height; chief, chief priest; front, beginning; choicest, best; division, company, band; sum, take sum of, enumerate; captain, chapiter, end, excellent, first, forefront, principal, ruler

See it in Scripture

Genesis 8:13Exodus 4:8Leviticus 4:21

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