Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
first
Usage: first
Rishoni means “first” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H7224 רִאשׁוֹנִי (shoniy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shoniy (ree-sho-nee') adj. 1. first [from H7223] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include first. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
shoniy (ree-sho-nee') adj. 1. first [from H7223] KJV: first. Root(s): H7223
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7224. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
first
Usage: first
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shoniy, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H7224.
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7224, grouped by book.
Rishoni (Strong's H7224) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "first". shoniy (ree-sho-nee') adj. 1. first [from H7223]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H7224 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7224 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as first. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.