Words the Bible translates as first
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ehisεἷςone: the number one, and from it the idea of being a single thing, or being unified into one.
- eḥadאֶחָדone: the cardinal number one, with the everyday senses that grow out of counting a single thing
- prōtosπρῶτοςahead of all others: the one that comes before the rest, whether in time, in order, or in rank
- rishonרִאשׁוֹןfirst: the one out in front, whether in a sequence, in time gone by, or in rank
- reshitרֵאשִׁיתthe foremost of something: what stands at its head, whether first in time, first in rank, or the first and finest portion.
- teḥillahתְּחִלָּהthe beginning of something: its first point or earliest stage; in adverb form, "first," "at first," or "formerly."
- ḥadחַדone: the number one, and from it the word that marks a thing as single, whether counting it, picking it out of a group, or simply introducing it as "a" something
- qadmayקַדְמַיfirstnot studied yet
- rishoniרִאשֹׁנִיfirstnot studied yet
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