5 occurrences

'First' in the Bible

For fire came down from heaven and put an end to the first two captains of fifty and their fifties; but now let my life be of value in your eyes.

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

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

Now when first they were living there they did not give worship to the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, causing the death of some of them.

Verse ConceptsAnimals KillingNo Fear Of God

And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year of his rule, took Jehoiachin, king of Judah, out of prison;

Verse ConceptsMonth 12Lifting HeadsPeople Set Free By PeopleKings of judah

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)

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