Strong's Definition
or riishon {ree-shone'}; from 7221; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
KJV Usage: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רִאשׁוֹן (ri.shon) — first. : first adj 1) first, primary, former 1a) former (of time) 1a1) ancestors 1a2) former things 1b) foremost (of location) 1c) first (in time) 1d) first, chief (in degree) adv 2) first, before, formerly, at first
רִאשׁוֹן (ri.shon) — first: previous. : previous adj 1) first, primary, former 1a) former (of time) 1a1) ancestors 1a2) former things 1b) foremost (of location) 1c) first (in time) 1d) first, chief (in degree) adv 2) first, before, formerly, at first
רִאשׁוֹן (ri.shon) — first: chief. : chief adj 1) first, primary, former 1a) former (of time) 1a1) ancestors 1a2) former things 1b) foremost (of location) 1c) first (in time) 1d) first, chief (in degree) adv 2) first, before, formerly, at first
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
adj · רֹאשׁ
Quantity | Frequency
first, former, formost, previous = state in which a countable entity is the first or the previous in a range
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רִאשׁוֹן 182 adj. former, first, chief base