Log inStart 7-Day Trial
HebrewH7225Noun (Feminine)

רֵאשִׁית

re.shit

48Occurrences
H7225Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)

from the same as H7218 (רֹאשׁ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
beginning 1) first, beginning, best, chief 1a) beginning 1b) first 1c) chief 1d) choice part Also means: re.shit (*רֵאשִׁית *": best" H7225H)

Go beyond grammar.

See how this word works across context, usage, and meaning with AI-assisted word study built for serious Bible study.

Context-aware insightsOriginal language depthFast, practical workflow
Try Lumenology for Free

Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

רֵאשִׁית appears 48 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
6
Jeremiah
6
Proverbs
5
Numbers
4
Ezk
3
Genesis
3
Job
3
Psalms
3

Key Passages

1 Samuel 15:21BSB

The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”

Deuteronomy 26:2BSB

you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,

Genesis 1:1BSB

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Jeremiah 49:34BSB

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.

Numbers 15:20BSB

From the first of your dough, you are to lift up a cake as a contribution; offer it just like an offering from the threshing floor.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.