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H7223
Hebrew
Original Word
רִאשׁוֹןTransliteration
riʼshôwn
Pronunciation
ree-shone'
Definition
or רִאשֹׁן; from רִאשָׁה; 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.
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Former
"former; chief; first." This word comes from a common Semitic root that also yields ro’sh ("head") and re’shît ("beginning") Ri’shôn, which appears 18…
Head
"head; top; first; sum." Cognates of ro’sh appear in Ugaritic, Akkadian, Phoenician, biblical Aramaic, Arabic, and Ethiopic. Ro’sh and its alternate f…