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first

Concordance for “first”

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:5

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1 Kings 17:13
And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 17:13 · retained source text

And Eliiah said vnto her, Feare not, goe, and doe as thou hast said: but make mee thereof a little cake first, and bring it vnto mee, and after make for thee, and for thy sonne.

1 Kings 18:25
And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 18:25 · retained source text

And Eliiah said vnto the prophets of Baal, Chuse you one bullocke for your selues, and dresse it first, for yee are many: and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire vnder.

1 Kings 20:9
Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 20:9 · retained source text

Wherefore hee said vnto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou diddest send for to thy seruant at the first, I will doe: but this thing I may not doe. And the messengers departed, and brought him word againe.

1 Kings 20:17
And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 20:17 · retained source text

And the young men of the Princes of the Prouinces went out first, and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

1 Chronicles 9:2
¶ Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 9:2 · retained source text

¶ Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions, in their cities, were the Israelites, the Priests, Leuits, and the Nethinims.

1 Chronicles 11:6
And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 11:6 · retained source text

And Dauid said, Whosoeuer smiteth the Iebusites first, shall be chiefe, and captaine. So Ioab the sonne of Zeruiah went first vp, and was chiefe.

1611 marginal noteHeb, head.

1 Chronicles 11:21
Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 11:21 · retained source text

Of the three, hee was more honourable then the two, for he was their captaine; howbeit, he attained not to the first three.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 23.19. &c.

1 Chronicles 11:25
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 11:25 · retained source text

Behold, hee was honourable among the thirtie, but attained not to the first three: and Dauid set him ouer his guard.

1 Chronicles 12:9
Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 12:9 · retained source text

Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

1 Chronicles 12:15
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 12:15 · retained source text

These are they that went ouer Iorden in the first moneth, when it had ouerflowen all his bankes, and they put to flight all them of the valleis, both toward the East, and toward the West.

1611 marginal noteHeb. filled ouer.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 3.15.

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

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