- Original: ראשׁן ראשׁון - Transliteration: Ri'shown - Phonetic: ree-shone' - Definition: adj 1. first, primary, former a. former (of time) 1. ancestors 2. former things b. foremost (of location) c. first (in time) d. first, chief (in degree) adv 2. first, before, formerly, at first - Origin: from H7221 - TWOT entry: 2097c - Part(s) of speech: - Strong's: From H7221 ; first in place time or rank (as adjective or noun): - ancestor (that were) before (-time) beginning eldest first fore [-father] (-most) former (thing) of old time past. Total KJV Occurrences: 182 • ancestors, 1 Leviticus 26:45 • before, 3 Numbers 6:12; Joshua 8:33; 1 Kings 13:6 • beginning, 4 Ruth 3:10; 1 Chronicles 17:9; Proverbs 20:21; Jeremiah 17:12 • chief, 3 1 Chronicles 18:17; Ezra 9:2; Daniel 10:13 • day, 1 Exodus 12:15 • days, 1 Ecclesiastes 7:10 • eldest, 1 2 Chronicles 22:1 • first, 127 Genesis 8:13; Genesis 13:4; Genesis 25:25; Genesis 26:1; Genesis 28:19; Genesis 38:28; Genesis 41:20; Exodus 4:8; Exodus 12:2; Exodus 12:15; Exodus 12:16; Exodus 12:18; Exodus 34:1(2); Exodus 34:4; Exodus 40:2; Exodus 40:17; Leviticus 4:21; Leviticus 5:8; Leviticus 9:15; Leviticus 23:5; Leviticus 23:7; Leviticus 23:35; Leviticus 23:39; Leviticus 23:40; Numbers 2:9; Numbers 7:12; Numbers 9:1; Numbers 9:5; Numbers 10:13; Numbers 10:14; Numbers 20:1; Numbers 28:16; Numbers 28:18; Numbers 33:3(2); Deuteronomy 9:18; Deuteronomy 10:1; Deuteronomy 10:2; Deuteronomy 10:3; Deuteronomy 10:4; Deuteronomy 10:10; Deuteronomy 13:9; Deuteronomy 16:4; Deuteronomy 17:7; Joshua 4:19; Joshua 8:5; Joshua 8:6; Joshua 21:10; Judges 18:29; Judges 20:22; Judges 20:32; Judges 20:39; 1 Samuel 14:14; 2 Samuel 19:20; 2 Samuel 19:43; 2 Samuel 21:9; 1 Kings 17:13; 1 Kings 18:25; 1 Kings 20:9; 1 Kings 20:17; 1 Chronicles 9:2; 1 Chronicles 11:6; 1 Chronicles 12:15; 1 Chronicles 15:13; 1 Chronicles 24:7; 1 Chronicles 25:9; 1 Chronicles 27:2(2); 1 Chronicles 27:3; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 3:3; 2 Chronicles 9:29; 2 Chronicles 12:15; 2 Chronicles 16:11; 2 Chronicles 17:3; 2 Chronicles 20:34; 2 Chronicles 25:26; 2 Chronicles 26:22; 2 Chronicles 28:26; 2 Chronicles 29:3(2); 2 Chronicles 29:17(2); 2 Chronicles 35:1; 2 Chronicles 35:27; Ezra 3:12; Ezra 6:19; Ezra 7:9; Ezra 8:31; Ezra 10:17; Nehemiah 7:5; Nehemiah 8:18; Esther 1:14; Esther 3:7; Esther 3:12; Job 15:7; Proverbs 18:17; Isaiah 1:26; Isaiah 9:1; Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 41:27; Isaiah 43:27; Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 48:12; Isaiah 60:9; Jeremiah 7:12; Jeremiah 16:18; Jeremiah 33:7; Jeremiah 33:11; Jeremiah 36:28; Jeremiah 50:17; Ezekiel 29:17; Ezekiel 30:20; Ezekiel 40:21; Ezekiel 45:18; Ezekiel 45:21; Daniel 8:21; Daniel 10:4; Daniel 10:12; Hosea 2:7; Joel 2:23; Micah 4:8; Haggai 2:3; Zechariah 6:2; Zechariah 12:7; Zechariah 14:10 • forefathers, 1 Jeremiah 11:10 • foremost, 3 Genesis 32:17; Genesis 33:2; 2 Samuel 18:27 • former, 25 Genesis 40:13; Numbers 21:26; Deuteronomy 24:4; 1 Samuel 17:30; 2 Kings 1:14; 2 Kings 17:34; 2 Kings 17:40; Nehemiah 5:15; Job 8:8; Psalm 79:8; Psalm 89:49; Ecclesiastes 1:11; Isaiah 61:4; Isaiah 65:7; Isaiah 65:16; Isaiah 65:17; Jeremiah 34:5; Jeremiah 36:28; Daniel 11:13; Daniel 11:29; Haggai 2:9; Zechariah 1:4; Zechariah 7:7; Zechariah 7:12; Zechariah 8:11 • formerly, 2 2 Samuel 7:10; Isaiah 52:4 • past, 1 Deuteronomy 4:32 • things, 6 Isaiah 41:22; Isaiah 42:9; Isaiah 43:9; Isaiah 43:18; Isaiah 46:9; Isaiah 48:3 • time, 2 Deuteronomy 19:14; 2 Samuel 20:18 • up, 1 1 Chronicles 11:6 """