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Firstling - What does it mean?

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firstling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The first produce or result, notably firstborn offspring.
  • * , Genesis 4:4
    • And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
  • The first of a class or kind.
  • The thing first thought or done.
  • * 1603-06 , , Macbeth , Act 4, Sc. 1:
    • From this moment the very firstlings' of my heart shall be the ' firstlings of my hand.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Firstborn.
  • * , Deuteronomy 15:19
    • All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.

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