רִאשׁוֹן
riʼshôwn · ree-shone'
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
Lexicon
Derivation: or רִאשֹׁן; from H7221 (רִאשָׁה);
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
The head, the highest of strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רִאשׁוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
181 occurrences · 181 OT · 0 NT · 96 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the first19 · 16%
- first18 · 15%
- the first12 · 10%
- of the first9 · 8%
- day of the first8 · 7%
- at the first6 · 5%
- the former4 · 3%
- like unto the first4 · 3%
- now the first3 · 3%
- as at the first3 · 3%
- us, as at the first3 · 3%
- on the first3 · 3%
- after the former3 · 3%
- the former things3 · 3%
- that were in the first3 · 3%
- from the first2 · 2%
- i pray thee, of the former2 · 2%
- for the first2 · 2%
- of the former2 · 2%
- had: for theirs was the first2 · 2%
- shall be first2 · 2%
- art thou the first2 · 2%
- according to the first2 · 2%
- and the first1 · 1%
- there at the first1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.