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רֹאשׁ

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hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine599 occurrences35 books547 verses

Definition

from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Traditional renderings: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, × every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), × lead, × poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders רֹאשׁ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

599 total
  1. Psalm 133:2הָרֹ֗אשׁ · the head
    It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.
  2. Psalm 137:6רֹ֣אשׁ · my greatest
    May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
  3. Psalm 139:17רָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ · is their sum
    How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
  4. Psalm 140:7לְ֝רֹאשִׁ֗י · my head
    O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
  5. Psalm 140:9רֹ֥אשׁ · May the heads
    May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
  6. Psalm 141:5רֹ֭אשׁ · for my head; רֹאשִׁ֑י
    Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
  7. Proverbs 1:9לְרֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ · on your head
    For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
  8. Proverbs 1:21בְּרֹ֥אשׁ · in the main
    …in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
  9. Proverbs 4:9לְ֭רֹאשְׁךָ · on your head
    She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
  10. Proverbs 8:2בְּרֹאשׁ־ · On the heights
    On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.
  11. Proverbs 8:23מֵרֹ֗אשׁ · from the beginning
    From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, before the earth began.
  12. Proverbs 8:26וְ֝רֹ֗אשׁ · or any
    …before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth.
  13. Proverbs 10:6לְרֹ֣אשׁ · are on the head
    Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
  14. Proverbs 11:26לְרֹ֣אשׁ · will crown
    The people will curse the hoarder of grain, but blessing will crown the one who sells it.
  15. Proverbs 23:34בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · on the top
    You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
  16. Proverbs 25:22רֹאשׁ֑וֹ · his head
    For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
  17. Ecclesiastes 2:14בְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹ · in his head
    The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
  18. Ecclesiastes 3:11מֵרֹ֥אשׁ · from beginning
    He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
  19. Ecclesiastes 9:8רֹאשְׁךָ֥ · your head
    Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
  20. Song of Solomon 2:6לְרֹאשִׁ֔י · my head
    His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
  21. Song of Solomon 4:8מֵרֹ֣אשׁ · from the peak; מֵרֹ֤אשׁ · from the summits
    Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.
  22. Song of Solomon 4:14רָאשֵׁ֥י · the finest
    …with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.
  23. Song of Solomon 5:2שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי֙ · My head
    I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
  24. Song of Solomon 5:11רֹאשׁ֖וֹ · His head
    His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
  25. Song of Solomon 7:5רֹאשֵׁ֤ךְ · Your head; רֹאשֵׁ֖ךְ · of your head
    Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.
  26. Song of Solomon 8:3רֹאשִׁ֔י · my head
    His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
  27. Isaiah 1:5רֹ֣אשׁ · Your head
    Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
  28. Isaiah 1:6רֹאשׁ֙ · of your head
    From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
  29. Isaiah 2:2בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · as the chief
    In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
  30. Isaiah 7:8רֹ֤אשׁ · the head; וְרֹ֥אשׁ · [and] the head
    For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
  31. Isaiah 7:9וְרֹ֤אשׁ · The head; וְרֹ֥אשׁ · and the head
    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.’”
  32. Isaiah 7:20הָרֹ֖אשׁ · your head
    On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.
  33. Isaiah 9:14רֹ֧אשׁ · head
    So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
  34. Isaiah 9:15הָרֹ֑אשׁ · The head
    The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
  35. Isaiah 15:2רֹאשָׁ֣יו · head
    Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
  36. Isaiah 17:6בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · atop the tree
    Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten—two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.
  37. Isaiah 19:15רֹ֥אשׁ · head
    There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed.
  38. Isaiah 28:1רֹ֥אשׁ · the summit
    Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
  39. Isaiah 28:4רֹ֖אשׁ · the summit
    The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.
  40. Isaiah 29:10רָאשֵׁיכֶ֥ם · your heads
    For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
  41. Isaiah 30:17רֹ֣אשׁ · a mountaintop
    A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.
  42. Isaiah 35:10רֹאשָׁ֑ם
    So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
  43. Isaiah 37:22רֹ֣אשׁ · her head
    …this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
  44. Isaiah 40:21מֵרֹ֖אשׁ · from the beginning
    Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth?
  45. Isaiah 41:4מֵרֹ֑אשׁ · from the beginning
    Who has performed this and carried it out, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD—the first and the last—I am He.”