רֹאשׁ

roshNoun (Masculine)H7218

head

From: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;

Short Definition

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

Full Lexicon Entry

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

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

506 times

Appears 506 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

1 Chronicles
56
Leviticus
37
Ezk
36
Numbers
34
Judges
28

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 10:9
  • 2 Chronicles 19:11
  • Exodus 29:19
  • Isaiah 7:9
  • Leviticus 4:11

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