רֹאשׁ

roshNoun (Masculine)H7219

poison

From: or רוֹשׁ; (Deuteronomy 32:32), apparently the same as H7218 (רֹאשׁ);

Short Definition

a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)

Full Lexicon Entry

gall, venom, bitter, poisonous

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

9 times

Appears 9 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Deuteronomy
2
Jeremiah
2
Lamentations
2
Amos
1
Hosea
1

Key Passages

  • Amos 6:12
  • Deuteronomy 32:32
  • Deuteronomy 32:33
  • Hosea 10:4
  • Jeremiah 23:15

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