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first

Concordance for “first”

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430 occurrences401 verses50 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:5

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2 Timothy 1:5
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Timothy 1:5 · retained source text

When I call to remembrance the vnfained faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice: and I am perswaded that in thee also.

2 Timothy 2:6
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Timothy 2:6 · retained source text

The husbandman that laboureth, must bee first partaker of the fruites.

1611 marginal noteOr, the husbandman labouring first, must be partaker of the fruites.

2 Timothy 4:16
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Timothy 4:16 · retained source text

At my first answere no man stood with mee, but all men forsooke mee: I pray God that it may not bee laid to their charge.

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Before anything else in time, proceeding, place, or progression.

volume 1, leaf 764, column 2 (main_dictionary)