Strong's Definition
from the same as 7218; the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
KJV Usage: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רֵאשִׁית (re.shit) — first: beginning. : beginning 1) first, beginning, best, chief 1a) beginning 1b) first 1c) chief 1d) choice part Also means: re.shit (רֵאשִׁית ": best" H7225H)
רֵאשִׁית (re.shit) — first: best. : best 1) first, beginning, best, chief 1a) beginning 1b) first 1c) chief 1d) choice part
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · רֹאשׁ
Begin
beginning = point in time at which an event starts happening
GEN 1:1 · GEN 10:10 · DEU 11:12 · JOB 8:7 · JOB 42:12 · PSA 111:10 · PRO 1:7 · PRO 4:7 · PRO 8:22 · PRO 17:14 · ECC 7:8 · ISA 46:10 · JER 26:1 · JER 27:1 · JER 28:1 · JER 49:34 · MIC 1:13
Good
best = state in which an object is of a relatively high quality
DEU 33:21 · 1SA 2:29 · 1SA 15:21 · JOB 40:19 · EZK 20:40 · EZK 48:14 · AMO 6:6
Intense
Collocation: רֵאשִׁית גְּבוּרָה
mainstay literally: best of power; hence: = something that constitutes the chief support of a nation's military strength
Quantity | Frequency
first = state in which a countable entity is the first or the previous in a range
GEN 49:3 · EXO 23:19 · EXO 34:26 · LEV 2:12 · LEV 23:10 · NUM 15:20 · NUM 15:21 · NUM 18:12 · DEU 18:4 · DEU 18:4 · DEU 21:17 · DEU 26:2 · DEU 26:10 · 2CH 31:5 · NEH 10:38 · NEH 12:44 · PSA 78:51 · PSA 105:36 · PRO 3:9 · JER 2:3 · EZK 44:30 · EZK 44:30 · HOS 9:10
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רֵאשִׁית n.f. beginning, chief
beginning
first
first, chief
base