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Isaiah 42:9
“Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רִאשׁוֹןriʼshôwn · ree-shone'
H7223 · Hebrew
H7223 · Hebrew
- Definition
- first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
- Derivation
- or רִאשֹׁן; from H7221 (רִאשָׁה);
- KJV renderings
- ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
- Grammar
- הָ — particle (definite article)
- רִֽאשֹׁנ֖וֹת — adjective, feminine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 182 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 8:13Genesis 13:4Genesis 25:25Genesis 26:1Genesis 28:19
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רִאשׁוֹן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.