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  #7223 רִאשׁוֹן ri'shown {ree-shone'}
     or רִאשֹׁן ri'shon {ree-shone'}

 from H7221; TWOT - 2097c

—Hebrew Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)


 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

—Brown-Driver-Briggs (Old Testament Hebrew-English Lexicon)

From H7221; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun):—ancestor, (that were) before (-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore [-father] (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.

—Strong's (Hebrew & Chaldee Dictionary of the Old Testament)

#7223.
רִאשׁוֹן
rishon or
[or] רִאשֹׁן
rishon (911c); from 7218; former, first, chief:—
NASB - ancestors(3), before(4), beginning(2), chief(1), chiefs(1), earlier(4), earlier things(1), first(113), first one(2), first time(1), forefathers(1), foremost(1), former(25), former ones(4), former things(6), formerly(6), front(1), old(1), older(1), one in front(1), past(1), previous(1), previously(1).

—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries

 AV - first 129, former 26, former things 6, beginning 4, chief 3,
      before 3, old time 2, foremost 3, aforetime 1, misc 8; 185

aforetime
Isaiah 52:4.

ancestors
Leviticus 26:45.

before
Numbers 6:12. Joshua 8:33. 1 Kings 13:6.

beforetime
2 Samuel 7:10.

beginning
Ruth 3:10. 1 Chronicles 17:9. Proverbs 20:21. Jeremiah 17:12.

chief
1 Chronicles 18:17. Ezra 9:2. Daniel 10:13.

eldest
2 Chronicles 22:1.

first
Genesis 8:13; 13:4; 25:25; 26:1; 28:19; 38:28; 41:20. Exodus 4:8; 12:2, 15, 15, 16, 18; 34:1, 1, 4; 40:2, 17. Leviticus 4:21; 5:8; 9:15; 23:5, 7, 35, 39, 40. Numbers 2:9; 7:12; 9:1, 5; 10:13, 14; 20:1; 28:16, 18; 33:3, 3. Deuteronomy 9:18; 10:1, 2, 3, 4, 10; 13:9; 16:4; 17:7. Joshua 4:19; 8:5, 6; 21:10. Judges 18:29; 20:22, 32, 39. 1 Samuel 14:14. 2 Samuel 19:20, 43; 21:9. 1 Kings 17:13; 18:25; 20:9, 17. 1 Chronicles 9:2; 11:6, 6; 12:15; 15:13; 24:7; 25:9; 27:2, 2, 3; 29:29. 2 Chronicles 3:3; 9:29; 12:15; 16:11; 17:3; 20:34; 25:26; 26:22; 28:26; 29:3, 3, 17, 17; 35:1, 27. Ezra 3:12; 6:19; 7:9; 8:31; 10:17. Nehemiah 7:5; 8:18. Esther 1:14; 3:7, 12. Job 15:7. Proverbs 18:17. Isaiah 1:26; 9:1; 41:4, 27; 43:27; 44:6; 48:12; 60:9. Jeremiah 7:12; 16:18; 33:7, 11; 36:28; 50:17. Ezekiel 29:17; 30:20; 40:21; 45:18, 21. Daniel 8:21; 10:4, 12. Hosea 2:7. Joel 2:23. Micah 4:8. Haggai 2:3. Zechariah 6:2; 12:7; 14:10.

foremost
Genesis 32:17; 33:2. 2 Samuel 18:27.

former
Genesis 40:13. Numbers 21:26. Deuteronomy 24:4. 1 Samuel 17:30. 2 Kings 1:14; 17:34, 40. Nehemiah 5:15. Job 8:8. Psalms 79:8; 89:49. Ecclesiastes 1:11; 7:10. Isaiah 61:4; 65:7, 16, 17. Jeremiah 34:5; 36:28. Daniel 11:13, 29. Haggai 2:9. Zechariah 1:4; 7:7, 12; 8:11.

past
Deuteronomy 4:32.