רִאשׁוֹן (riʾšôn) is a Hebrew adjective meaning former. It appears 182 times in 30 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7223).

Also rendered

• first

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2097c)

Root family 2097: רֹאשׁ rōʾš — I, head; top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum

• רֹאשׁ rōʾš — head
• רֵאשִׁית rēʾšît — beginning
• מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת mĕraʾăšāwōt — place at the head
• רַאֲשֹׁת raʾăšōt — place at the head
• רִאשָׁה riʾšâ — beginning-time
• מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת mĕraʾăšāwōt — place at the head
• רִאשֹׁנִי riʾšōnî — first
• רֹאשָׁה rōʾšâ — top

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