Beginning in the Bible: 106 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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beginning KJV

“Beginning” is in the King James Bible 106 times, in 104 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

ἀρχή archē 39 times
ראשׁית rê'shı̂yth 18 times
תּחלּה techillâh 14 times
ראשׁ rô'sh 12 times
ἄρχομαι archomai 8 times
ראשׁון ראשׁן ri'shôn ri'shôn 4 times
αἰών aiōn 2 times
אז 'âz 2 times
הלאה hâle'âh 2 times
ἄνωθεν anōthen 1 time
πρῶτον prōton 1 time
πρῶτος prōtos 1 time

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עולם עלם ‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm 1 time
פּנים pânı̂ym 1 time

translating H7218

1 verse translating H7218 in Lamentations Show all

Lamentations

2:19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

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