תְּחִלָּה
te.chil.lah
“beginning”
Definition
a commencement; rel. original (adverb, -ly)
from H2490 (חָלַל) in the sense of opening;
- beginning, first 1a) the first time 1b) from the beginning, in the beginning (with prep)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
תְּחִלָּה appears 21 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
The beginning of his talk is folly,and the end of his speech is evil madness.
But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”
After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”
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