The word in Scripture

Firstfruits in the Bible

The word firstfruits appears 32 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Firstfruits are the first and best of the harvest, given to God. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What firstfruits means in the Bible

Firstfruits are the first and best of the harvest, given to God.

Where the word firstfruits appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word firstfruits appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.”Exodus 34:22

“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:”Deuteronomy 26:10

“Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:”Proverbs 3:9

“And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.”Romans 8:23

“Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.”Romans 16:5

“But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.”1 Corinthians 15:20

“Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.”James 1:18

“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.”Revelation 14:4