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first

Concordance for “first”

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:5

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Revelation 2:19
I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 2:19 · retained source text

I know thy works, and charitie, and seruice, and faith, and thy patience, and thy workes, and the last to bee more then the first.

Revelation 4:1
AFTER this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 4:1 · retained source text

¶ After this I looked, and beholde, a doore was opened in heauen: and the first voice which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet, talking with me, which said, Come vp hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

Revelation 4:7
And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 4:7 · retained source text

And the first beast was like a Lion, and the second beast like a Calfe, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying Egle.

Revelation 8:7
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 8:7 · retained source text

The first Angel sounded, and there followed haile, and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast vpon the earth, and the third part of trees was burnt vp, and all greene grasse was burnt vp.

Revelation 13:12
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 13:12 · retained source text

And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein, to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

Revelation 16:2
And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 16:2 · retained source text

And the first went, and powred out his viall vpon the earth, and there fell a noysome and grieuous sore vpon the men which had the marke of the beast, and vpon them which worshipped his image.

Revelation 20:5
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 20:5 · retained source text

But the rest of the dead liued not againe vntill the thousand yeeres were finished. This is the first resurrection.

Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 20:6 · retained source text

Blessed & holy is he that hath part in y e first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be Priests of God, and of Christ, and shall reigne with him a thousand yeeres.

Revelation 21:1
AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Revelation 21:1 · retained source text

¶ And I saw a new heauen, and a new earth: for the first heauen, and the first earth were passed away, and there was no more sea.

1611 marginal noteEsa. 65.17 2.pet. 3.13.

Revelation 21:19
And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 21:19 · retained source text

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all maner of precious stones. The first foundation was Iasper, the second Saphir, the third a Chalcedony, the fourth an Emerald,

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

volume 1, leaf 764, column 2 (main_dictionary)