- Original: ראשׁית - Transliteration: Re'shiyth - Phonetic: ray-sheeth' - Definition: 1. first, beginning, best, chief a. beginning b. first c. chief d. choice part - Origin: from the same as H7218 - TWOT entry: 2097e - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From the same as H7218 ; the first in place time order or rank (specifically a firstfruit): - beginning chief (-est) first (-fruits part time) principal thing. Total KJV Occurrences: 51 • beginning, 18 Genesis 1:1; Genesis 10:10; Genesis 49:3; Deuteronomy 11:12; Deuteronomy 21:17; Job 8:7; Job 42:12; Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 8:22; Proverbs 17:14; Ecclesiastes 7:8; Isaiah 46:10; Jeremiah 26:1; Jeremiah 27:1; Jeremiah 28:1; Jeremiah 49:34; Micah 1:13 • chief, 8 1 Samuel 15:21; Job 40:19; Psalm 78:51; Psalm 105:36; Jeremiah 49:35; Daniel 11:41; Amos 6:1; Amos 6:6 • chiefest, 1 1 Samuel 2:29 • first, 9 Exodus 23:19; Exodus 34:26; Numbers 15:20; Numbers 15:21; Numbers 24:20; Deuteronomy 18:4; Deuteronomy 26:2; Ezekiel 44:30(2) • firstfruit, 1 Deuteronomy 18:4 • firstfruits, 11 Leviticus 2:12; Leviticus 23:10; Numbers 18:12; Deuteronomy 26:10; 2 Chronicles 31:5; Nehemiah 10:37; Nehemiah 12:44; Proverbs 3:9; Jeremiah 2:3; Ezekiel 20:40; Ezekiel 48:14 • part, 1 Deuteronomy 33:21 • thing, 1 Proverbs 4:7 • time, 1 Hosea 9:10