H7218 - רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh)

H7218 רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh) roshe

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

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

Derivation: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;

KJV Usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

TWOT Reference: 2097

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רֹאשׁ rôsh BDB Definition: 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 Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake Same Word by TWOT Number: 2097 Total KJV Occurrences: 599

Bible Occurrences (540)

2:10 3:15 8:5 11:4 28:12 28:18 40:13 40:16 40:17 40:19 40:20 47:31 48:14 48:17 48:18 49:26

6:14 6:25 12:2 12:9 17:9 17:10 18:25 19:20 24:17 26:24 28:32 29:6 29:7 29:10 29:15 29:17 29:19 30:12 30:23 34:2 36:29 36:38 38:17 38:19 38:28

1:4 1:8 1:12 1:15 3:2 3:8 3:13 4:4 4:11 4:15 4:24 4:29 4:33 5:8 6:5 8:9 8:12 8:14 8:18 8:20 8:22 9:13 10:6 13:12 13:29 13:30 13:40 13:41 13:44 13:45 14:9 14:18 14:29 16:21 19:27 21:5 21:10 24:14

1:2 1:4 1:16 1:49 4:2 4:22 5:7 5:18 6:5 6:7 6:9 6:11 6:18 7:2 8:12 10:4 10:10 13:3 14:4 14:40 14:44 17:3 20:28 21:20 23:9 23:14 23:28 25:4 25:15 26:2 28:11 30:1 31:26 31:49 32:28 36:1

1:13 1:15 3:27 5:23 20:9 21:12 28:13 28:23 28:44 29:10 32:42 33:5 33:15 33:16 33:21 34:1

2:19 7:6 11:10 14:1 15:8 15:9 19:51 21:1 22:14 22:21 22:30 23:2 24:1

5:26 5:30 6:26 7:16 7:19 7:20 7:25 8:28 9:7 9:25 9:34 9:36 9:37 9:43 9:44 9:53 9:57 10:18 11:8 11:9 11:11 13:5 16:3 16:13 16:17 16:19 16:22

1:2 1:10 1:16 2:16 2:25 3:8 3:29 4:7 4:8 4:12 5:24 12:30 13:19 14:26 15:30 15:32 16:1 16:9 18:9 20:21 20:22 22:44 23:8 23:13 23:18

1:9 2:3 2:5 4:19 6:25 6:31 6:32 9:3 9:6 9:30 10:6 10:7 10:8 19:21 25:18 25:27

4:42 5:7 5:12 5:15 5:24 7:2 7:3 7:7 7:9 7:11 7:40 8:6 8:10 8:13 8:28 9:9 9:13 9:17 9:33 9:34 10:9 11:6 11:10 11:11 11:15 11:20 11:42 12:3 12:9 12:14 12:18 12:19 12:20 12:23 12:32 14:15 15:12 16:5 16:7 20:2 23:8 23:9 23:11 23:16 23:17 23:18 23:19 23:20 23:24 24:4 24:6 24:21 24:31 26:10 26:12 26:21 26:26 26:31 26:32 27:1 27:3 27:5 29:11

1:5 2:68 3:12 4:2 4:3 7:5 7:28 8:1 8:16 8:17 9:3 9:6 10:16

4:4 7:70 7:71 8:13 9:17 10:14 11:3 11:13 11:16 11:17 12:7 12:12 12:22 12:23 12:24 12:46

2:17 5:2 6:8 6:12 9:25

1:17 1:20 2:12 10:15 12:24 16:4 19:9 20:6 22:12 24:24 29:3 29:25 41:7

3:3 7:16 18:43 21:3 22:7 23:5 24:7 24:9 27:6 38:4 40:12 44:14 60:7 66:12 68:21 69:4 72:16 74:13 74:14 83:2 108:8 109:25 110:6 110:7 118:22 119:160 133:2 137:6 139:17 140:7 140:9 141:5

1:9 1:21 4:9 8:2 8:23 8:26 10:6 11:26 23:34 25:22

2:14 3:11 9:8

1:5 1:6 2:2 7:8 7:9 7:20 9:14 9:15 15:2 17:6 19:15 28:1 28:4 29:10 30:17 35:10 37:22 40:21 41:4 41:26 42:11 48:16 51:11 51:20 58:5 59:17

2:37 9:1 13:21 14:3 14:4 18:16 22:6 23:19 30:23 31:7 48:37 52:24 52:31

1:5 2:10 2:15 2:19 3:54 4:1 5:16

1:22 1:25 1:26 5:1 6:13 7:18 8:3 9:10 10:1 10:11 11:21 13:18 16:12 16:25 16:31 16:43 17:4 17:19 17:22 21:19 21:21 22:31 23:15 23:42 24:23 27:22 27:30 29:18 32:27 33:4 38:2 38:3 39:1 40:1 42:12 43:12 44:18 44:20

1:10

1:11 4:13

2:5 3:4 3:7

1:2 2:7 6:7 8:10 9:1 9:3

1:15

2:5 4:6 4:8

2:13 3:1 3:9 3:11 4:1

3:10

3:13 3:14

1:21 3:5 4:2 6:11

Genesis 2:10

Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into... four headwaters:

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between [you] and the woman, and between your seed... and her seed. He {will} crush your head, and you {will} strike his heel.

Genesis 8:5

And the waters... continued to recede until the tenth month, [and] on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

Genesis 11:4

Come, they said, let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.

Genesis 28:12

And [Jacob] had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven,... and God’s angels were going up and down [the ladder].

Genesis 28:18

Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,

Genesis 40:13

Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

Genesis 40:16

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.