Topic
First
20 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 8:13ISBE
¶ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
- Isaiah 41:4ISBE
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
- Isaiah 44:6ISBE
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
- Isaiah 48:12ISBE
¶ Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
- Matthew 6:33ISBE
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
- Matthew 26:17ISBE
¶ Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
- Matthew 28:1ISBE
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
- Mark 12:29ISBE
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
- Mark 16:2ISBE
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
- Mark 16:9ISBE
¶ Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.
- Luke 24:1ISBE
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
- John 20:1ISBE
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
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- John 20:19 ISBE
- Acts 20:7 ISBE
- 1 Corinthians 15:3 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 1:15 ISBE
- James 3:17 ISBE
- Revelation 1:17 ISBE
- Revelation 2:8 ISBE
- Revelation 22:13 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 20 references
furst ('echadh, ri'shon; proton, to proton, protos):
Of these words, which are those most frequently used for "first," ri'shon is from rosh, "the head, and is used for the highest, chief, etc.; also of time, the beginning, e.g. Ge 8:13, in the first month"; in Isa 44:6; 48:12, it is used of Yahweh as Eternal and solely Supreme--the First and the Last (compare Isa 41:4). Special usages are in connection with "firstborn," "first- fruit," etc.; proton is used of that which is first in order; but also of that which is first or chief in importance, etc. (Mt 6:33; Jas 3:17). In 1Ti 1:15, Paul says Jesus came "to save sinners; of whom I am chief," literally, "first"; the same word is used by Jesus of the "first" of the commandments (Mr 12:29); where we read in 1Co 15:3, "I delivered unto you first of all," it is en protois ("in the foremost place"); "The first and the last" is applied to Christ as Eternal and Supreme (Re 1:17; 2:8; 22:13); protos is "the first day" (Mt 26:17; Mr 16:9); in Mt 28:1; Mr 16:2; Lu 24:1; Joh 20:1,19; Ac 20:7, it is mia ("one").
W. L. Walker
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.