14 occurrences

'First' in the Bible

And the inhabitants that were first in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

And David said, Whoever smites the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

Verse ConceptsCommander

Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the first three.

Verse ConceptsThree Men

Behold, he was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David set him in his council.

Verse ConceptsGuardsThirty

Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it overflows all its banks, and they put to flight all them of the valleys, toward the east and toward the west.

Verse ConceptseastMonth 1Peoples Who Fled

For because ye did it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodCarrying Holy ThingsNot Enquiring Of God

Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to give thanks to Jehovah through Asaph and his brethren.

Verse ConceptsDavid, Abilities OfSongsanniversary

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were the first at the king's hand.

And the first lot came forth for Jehoiarib, the second for Jedaiah,

And the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; to Gedaliah the second: he and his brethren and his sons were twelve.

Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

Verse ConceptsTwenty Thousand And Up

He was of the children of Pherez, the head of all the captains of the hosts for the first month.

And the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer;

Verse ConceptsBooks, Not PreservedSeersWritingaccomplishments

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)