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first

Concordance for “first”

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:5

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Isaiah 1:26
And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:26 · retained source text

And I will restore thy iudges as at the first, and thy counsellers as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called the citie of righteousnesse, the faithfull citie.

Isaiah 9:1
NEVERTHELESS the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 9:1 · retained source text

¶ Neuerthelesse the dimnesse shall not be such as was in her vexation; when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grieuously afflict her by the way of the Sea, beyond Iordan in Galile of the nations.

1611 marginal noteOr, populous.

Isaiah 41:4
Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 41:4 · retained source text

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD the first, and with the last, I am he.

1611 marginal noteChap.43.10. and 44.6. and 48.12. reu.1.17. and 22.13.

Isaiah 41:27
The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 41:27 · retained source text

The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them, and I will giue to Ierusalem one that bringeth good tidings.

Isaiah 44:6
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 44:6 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD the king of Israel and his redeemer the LORD of hostes, I am the first, and I am the last, and besides me there is no God.

1611 marginal noteCha.41.4. and 48.12. reuel.1.8, 17 and 22.13.

Isaiah 48:12
¶ Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 48:12 · retained source text

¶ Hearken vnto me, O Iacob, and Israel my called; I am hee, I am the first, I also am the last.

1611 marginal noteChap. 41.4. and 44.6. reuel.1.17. and 22.13.

Isaiah 60:9
Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 60:9 · retained source text

Surely the yles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sonnes from farre, their siluer and their gold with them, vnto the Name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

1611 marginal noteGal. 4.26

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

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