18 occurrences

'First' in the Bible

No one is able the vessels of the strong man -- having entered into his house -- to spoil, if first he may not bind the strong man, and then his house he will spoil.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Through Jesus ChristExorcismsHousesSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesParables Of ChristLimitations Of StrengthTying UpProperty

for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Used FigurativelyBeing FirstFoliageBearing FruitMaturity

And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee,

Verse ConceptsAmusementsCommanderBanquets, Events CelebratedBirthdaysBirthdays CelebratedDinnerRight Time For People

And Jesus said to her, 'Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast it to the little dogs.'

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstPeople Providing FoodSalvation For IsraelGood ChildrenFamily FirstKidsPetsFeeding The Poor

And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.

Verse ConceptsTeachablenessTeachers Of The LawPeople Going BeforeWhy Do Others Do This?

And he answering said to them, 'Elijah indeed, having come first, doth restore all things; and how hath it been written concerning the Son of Man, that many things he may suffer, and be set at nought?

Verse ConceptsSonsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristPeople Going BeforeRestoring Things

and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;

Verse ConceptsSlavesFirst Onesservanthood

'There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;

Verse ConceptsSeven ChildrenFirst OnesDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsTaking A WifeFamily Death

And one of the scribes having come near, having heard them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, questioned him, 'Which is the first command of all?'

Verse ConceptsBeing FirstQuestioning ChristAnsweringFulfilling The LawGreat ThingsMoralityimportance

and Jesus answered him -- 'The first of all the commands is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;

Verse ConceptsGod, Unity OfMonotheismOne GodUnity, God's Goal OfGod Is OneGreat ThingsPay Attention To God!heroes

and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in suppers,

Verse ConceptsBanquets, CharaceristicsSeatsSeeking Honourimportance

And the first day of the unleavened food, when they were killing the passover, his disciples say to him, 'Where wilt thou, that, having gone, we may prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?'

Verse ConceptsPassover lambTypesThe Disciples Words

and early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun,

Verse ConceptsDawnSundayRising EarlyThe First Day Of The WeekDaybreakJesus TombAt DaybreakEarly Rising

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)