12 occurrences

'First' in the Bible

Now in the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, was moved by the Lord, so that he made a public statement through all his kingdom, and put it in writing, saying,

Verse ConceptsHuman WillProclamationsImpulsesWords To Individuals FulfilledThe First Temple

From the first day of the seventh month they made a start with the burned offerings, but the base of the Temple of the Lord had still not been put in its place.

Verse ConceptsMonth 7Foundations Of BuildingsThe First Temple

But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:

Verse ConceptsecstasyRejoicing In God's WorksThe First Temple

And in the time of Ahasuerus, when he first became king, they put on record a statement against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsSamaritansAccusations, Source OfAccusations, Ot Legal SystemPeople Accusing People

But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God;

Verse ConceptsProclamationsThe Second TempleThe King's OrdersThe First Templerebuilding

In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be put up, the place where they make offerings, and let the earth for the bases be put in place; let it be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide;

Verse ConceptsFoundationsBreadthProclamationsThe Second TempleDimensions Of BuildingsThe First Temple

And the children of Israel who had come back kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambYearsThe Number Fourteen

For, starting his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, he came to Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, by the good help of his God.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonJourneyHand Of GodGod's HandMonth 5God's Hands On People

Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.

Verse ConceptsCaravansHand Of GodRoadsDivine Protection, Examples OfGod's HandGod Saving From EnemiesGod's Hands On PeopleEnemy Attacks

For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.

Verse ConceptsMixing People

So those who had come back did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of families, by their fathers' families, all of them by their names, were marked out; and on the first day of the tenth month they took their places to go into the question with care.

Verse ConceptsMonth 10

And they got to the end of all the men who were married to strange women by the first day of the first month.

Bible Theasaurus

Commencement (24 instances)
Foremost (17 instances)
Initiative (18 instances)
Leading (178 instances)
Maiden (40 instances)
Offset (3 instances)
Outset (2 instances)
Start (93 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
πρῶτον 
Proton 
first , at the first Trans , first of all ,
Usage: 40

πρότερον 
Proteron 
before Trans , first , former , before , at the first
Usage: 9

πρῶτος 
Protos 
Usage: 67

ἀνθρακιά 
Anthrakia 
fire of coals
Usage: 2

ἄνθραξ 
Anthrax 
coals of fire
Usage: 1

ἄνωθεν 
Anothen 
from above , top , again , from the first , from the beginning , not tr
Usage: 10

ἀπαρχή 
Aparche 
Usage: 8

ἀρχή 
Arche 
Usage: 42

βέβαιος 
Bebaios 
Usage: 9

γέεννα 
Geenna 
Usage: 1

δευτερόπρωτος 
Deuteroprotos 
Usage: 1

μετρητής 
metretes 
Usage: 1

προδίδωμι 
Prodidomi 
Usage: 1

προελπίζω 
Proelpizo 
Usage: 1

πρόκειμαι 
Prokeimai 
be set before , be first , be set forth
Usage: 5

προκηρύσσω 
Prokerusso 
Usage: 2

πρωτοτόκος 
Prototokos 
Usage: 9

πῦρ 
Pur 
Usage: 53

πυρά 
Pura 
Usage: 2

πύρινος 
Purinos 
of fire
Usage: 1

πυρόω 
Puroo 
burn , fiery , be on fire , try
Usage: 5

φλογίζω 
Phlogizo 
set on fire
Usage: 2

φῶς 
Phos 
Usage: 44

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain