7 occurrences in 13 translations

'First' in the Bible

Already fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of 50 with their fifties, but this time let my life be precious in your sight.”

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenDeath Due To God's PresenceFire From Heaven

A man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with his sack full of 20 loaves of barley bread from the first bread of the harvest. Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.”

Verse ConceptsBakingTwentyMan Of God

In those days the Lord was angry first with Israel; and Hazael made attacks on all the land of Israel,

Verse ConceptsNumbers ReducingDefeat Of God's People

In those days the Lord first sent against Judah, Rezin, the king of Aram, and Pekah, the son of Remaliah.

Verse ConceptsActivity BegunActual Attacks On Jerusalem

When they first lived there, they did not fear Yahweh. So the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them.

Verse ConceptsAnimals KillingNo Fear Of God

The height of one of the pillars was eighteen cubits, and the capital on top of it was three cubits high. A latticework carved in the form of pomegranates encircled the capital, crafted completely out of brass. The second pillar was identical to the first.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of PillarsPomegranates

Later on, after King Jehoiachin of Judah had been in exile for 37 years, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, during the first year of his reign, King Evil-merodach of Babylon released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.

Verse ConceptsMonth 12Lifting HeadsPeople Set Free By PeopleKings of judah

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

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