Definition

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

Etymology

from the same as H7218 (רֹאשׁ);

Where the KJV renders it

• beginning
• chief(-est)
• first(-fruits
• part
• time)
• principal thing

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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