Difference between revisions of "Firstfruits"

<div> '''1: '''''Ἀπαρχή''''' ''' (Strong'S #536 — Noun [[Feminine]] — aparche — ap-ar-khay' ) </div> <p> denotes, primarily, "an offering of firstfruits" (akin to aparchomai, "to make a beginning;" in sacrifices, "to offer firstfruits"). "Though the English word is plural in each of its occurrences save &nbsp;Romans 11:16 , the Greek word is always singular. Two [[Hebrew]] words are thus translated, one meaning the "chief" or "principal part," e.g., &nbsp;Numbers 18:12; &nbsp;Proverbs 3:9; the other, "the earliest ripe of the crop or of the tree," e.g., &nbsp;Exodus 23:16; &nbsp;Nehemiah 10:35; they are found together, e.g., in &nbsp;Exodus 23:19 , "the first of the firstfruits." </p> &nbsp;Romans 8:23&nbsp;1 Corinthians 15:20,23&nbsp;Romans 16:5&nbsp;1 Corinthians 16:15&nbsp;2 Thessalonians 2:13&nbsp; James 1:18&nbsp;Revelation 14:4&nbsp;James 1:15&nbsp; 2 Thessalonians 2:13