רֵאשִׁית
rēʾšît
beginning
Strong's H7225NounHebrewTWOT 2097e

רֵאשִׁית (rēʾšît) is a Hebrew noun meaning beginning. It appears 51 times in 19 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7225).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2097e)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2097e)beginning, chief; first; firstfruit; chiefest, principal thing
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

רֵאשִׁית noun, feminine: beginning, chief

Strong's H7225 רֵאשִׁית: the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
KJV:beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.

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 1:1Exodus 23:19Leviticus 2:12

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