Hebrew word study
רִאשׁוֹן H7223
- Transliteration
- riʼshôwn
- Pronunciation
- ree-shone'
- KJV glosses
- ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
Lexical summary
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information