firstfruits
Earliest seasonal yield
Firstfruits are the earliest produce of a harvest, traditionally offered as a sacrifice or gift to God before the rest could be used.
The term appears frequently in religious contexts, especially biblical: The Israelites brought firstfruits to the temple.
By extension, firstfruits are the first results of any endeavor: These early sales are the firstfruits of our marketing campaign.
Giving up something precious
- altarSacred ritual table
- templeSacred worship structure
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- oblationReligious gift offering
tithe · devotion · ritual · priesthood · sanctuary · worship · tabernacle · covenant
Cultivated agricultural plants
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- reapingCutting crops for collection
- gleanCollect in small increments
- bountyReward for capture
picking · orchard · vineyard · grain · barley · wheat · threshing · cultivation
Reward for capture
- plentifulExisting in abundance
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- prosperityGood fortune, success
- fruitfulnessCapacity for abundant production
fecundity · overflow · yield · provision · fertility · plenty · profusion · cornucopia
Appreciative state of mind
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
blessing · praise · celebration · tribute · honor · reverence · gratitude · commemoration
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
- altarSacred ritual table
- templeSacred worship structure
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
oblation · tithe · devotion · ritual · priesthood · sanctuary · worship · tabernacle · covenant · thanksgiving
crop
Cultivated agricultural plants
bounty · picking · orchard · vineyard · grain · barley · wheat · threshing · cultivation · ingathering
bounty
Reward for capture
- plentifulExisting in abundance
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- prosperityGood fortune, success
fruitfulness · fecundity · overflow · yield · provision · fertility · plenty · profusion · cornucopia · increase
thankfulness
Appreciative state of mind
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- thanksgivingExpression of grateful praise
recognition · blessing · praise · celebration · tribute · honor · reverence · gratitude · commemoration · rejoicing
early
Occurring before expected
- initialName's opening letter
- forerunnerOne that comes before
- precursorSomething that comes first
preview · foretaste · earnest · pledge · promise · guarantee · installment · token · harbinger · anticipation
- harvestreaping, fall harvest, wheat sheaf, reaper, reap
- atonementpropitiation, substitution, reconciler, forgiveness, sin offering
- Biblical agricultureplowing, sowing, harvesting, reaping, threshing
- Biblical Ritualsburnt offerings, altar offering, drink offering, thank offering, temple worship
- Israelite Worshiptabernacle, Ark of the Covenant, high priest, burnt offering, sin offering
- Mosaic lawMoses, Mosaic law, Ten Commandments, tablets of stone, commandment
first, fruit, fruits, foremost, first-rate, firstly, firsthand, first-class, firstborn