12 occurrences in 13 translations

'First' in the Bible

Observing him from a distance, at first they didn't even recognize him, so they raised their voices and burst into tears. They each ripped their robes, threw ashes into the air on their heads,

Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative UseRobesSprinklingTearing Of ClothesWeepingSeeing At A DistanceDust On The HeadNot Recognising PeopleThose Who Tore Clothes

Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

Verse ConceptsTwilightDaybreakDarkness During DaytimeUntil DaybreakDarkening Sun Moon And Stars

It remained standing, but I couldn't recognize its appearance. A form appeared before my eyes; At first there was silence, and then this voice:

Verse ConceptsVoices

Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

Verse ConceptsHillsPeople Beginning

“Are the consolations of God [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you,[Or] were we too gentle toward you [in our first speech] to be effective?

Verse ConceptsGod Will Comfort

"When are you going to stop your word hunt? Think first, and then we can talk.

Verse ConceptsMere Talk

since I don't know the first thing about how to flatter; and the one who made me would sweep me away as if I were nothing."

Verse ConceptsSkillPeople Ended

"For God speaks, the first time in one way, the second time in another, though a person does not perceive it.

Verse ConceptsNeglecting God's ThingsSpeaking Againspeakingattention

“He is the first of the ways of God;Let his maker bring near his sword.

Verse ConceptsIn The BeginningWorking For God

Who hath first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

Verse ConceptsClaimsRiches, Nature OfAll Things Belong To GodGod's Ownership Of Everything

So the Lord blessed the second part of Job's life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

Verse ConceptsSheepYokesCamelsOwning LivestockA Thousand AnimalsSix ThousandEleven To Nineteen ThousandFamily ProblemsBlessings From GodEnd Of DaysBlessings And Prosperity

And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.

Verse ConceptsFathers And Daughters

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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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