'First fruit' in the Bible

But if the first fruit was holy, the lump is also: if the root was holy, the branches are also.

and the church in their house. Salute Epaenetus my beloved, who is the first fruit of Asia unto Christ.

But now Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruit of them that slept.

But each one in his own rank: Christ the first-fruit; then they who are Christ's, at His coming:

But I exhort you, brethren; (know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruit of Achaia, and they have set themselves to minister unto the saints),

Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be some first fruit of his creations.

These are they who have not been defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever he may go. They have been redeemed from men, the first fruit unto God and the Lamb.