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HebrewH7218Noun (Masculine)

רֹאשׁ

rosh

506Occurrences
H7218Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
head 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

רֹאשׁ appears 506 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
56
Leviticus
37
Ezk
36
Numbers
34
Judges
28
2 Samuel
25
Exodus
25
Isaiah
24

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:9BSB

They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.

2 Chronicles 19:11BSB

Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”

Exodus 29:19BSB

Take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.

Isaiah 7:9BSB

The head of Ephraim is Samaria,and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.If you do not stand firm in your faith,then you will not stand at all.’”

Leviticus 4:11BSB

But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung—

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.