One in Messiah Congregation

Messiah / Christ the firstfruits

firstfruits בִּכּוּרִים

1Cor.15 [20 ] But now is Messiah / Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept .

[23 ] But every man in his own order: Messiah / Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.

Rev.1[ 5] And from Yeshua the Messiah / Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,[ 6] And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

[7] Behold, he cometh with clouds ; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.[ 8] I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Dan.7[ 13] I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

H1061 בּכּוּר bikkur bik-koor' From H1069; the first fruits of the crop: - first fruit (-ripe [figuratively), hasty fruit.

BDB Definition:

1) first-fruits

1a) the first of the crops and fruit that ripened, was gathered, and offered to God according to the feast of weeks / Pentecost

1b) the bread made of the new grain offered at feast of weeks / Pentecost

1c) the day of the first-fruits ( feast of weeks / Pentecost )

Part of Speech: noun masculine plural

Exod.23 [16] And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

[19] The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Exod.34[ 22] And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest , and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.

[26] The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Lev.2[ 12] As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.

[14] And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruit s unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.

Lev.23[ 10] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:

[17] Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.

[20] And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruit s for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

Num.18[ 12] All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.

Num.28[ 26] Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:

Deut.18[ 4] The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

Deut.26[ 10] And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:

2Kgs.4[ 42] And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

2Chr.31[ 5] And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the fields; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

Neh.10[ 35] And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:

[37] And that we should bring the firstfruit s of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

Neh.12[ 44] And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.

Neh.13[ 31] And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruit s. Remember me, O my God, for good.

Prov.3[ 9] Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruit s of all thine increase:

Jer.2[ 3] Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruit s of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.

Ezek.20[ 40] For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.

Ezek.44[ 30] And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house.

Ezek.48[ 14] And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruit s of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.

Rom.8[ 23] And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruit s of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

Rom.11[ 16] For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

Rom.16[ 5] Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

1Cor.16[ 15] I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruit s of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)

Jas.1[ 18] Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Rev.14[ 4] These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.