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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. Isaiah 41:26מֵרֹאשׁ֙ · from the beginning
    Who has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.
  2. Isaiah 42:11מֵרֹ֥אשׁ · from the mountaintops
    Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
  3. Isaiah 48:16מֵרֹאשׁ֙ · From the beginning
    Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.
  4. Isaiah 51:11רֹאשָׁ֑ם
    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.
  5. Isaiah 51:20בְּרֹ֥אשׁ · at the head
    Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
  6. Isaiah 58:5רֹאשׁ֗וֹ · his head
    Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
  7. Isaiah 59:17בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ · on His head
    He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.
  8. Jeremiah 2:37רֹאשֵׁ֑ךְ · your head
    Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”
  9. Jeremiah 9:1רֹאשִׁי֙ · my head
    Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
  10. Jeremiah 13:21לְרֹ֑אשׁ · allies
    What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?
  11. Jeremiah 14:3רֹאשָֽׁם׃ · their heads
    The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
  12. Jeremiah 14:4רֹאשָֽׁם׃ · their heads
    The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
  13. Jeremiah 18:16בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ · their heads
    They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
  14. Jeremiah 22:6רֹ֣אשׁ · like the summit
    For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.
  15. Jeremiah 23:19רֹ֥אשׁ · the heads
    Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
  16. Jeremiah 30:23רֹ֥אשׁ · the heads
    Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
  17. Jeremiah 31:7בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · for the foremost
    For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
  18. Jeremiah 48:37רֹאשׁ֙ · head
    For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
  19. Jeremiah 52:24הָרֹ֔אשׁ · the chief
    The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
  20. Jeremiah 52:31רֹאשׁ֙
    On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.
  21. Lamentations 1:5לְרֹאשׁ֙ · her masters
    Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
  22. Lamentations 2:10רֹאשָׁ֔ם · their heads; רֹאשָׁ֔ן · their heads
    The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
  23. Lamentations 2:15רֹאשָׁ֔ם · their heads
    All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
  24. Lamentations 2:19לְרֹאשׁ֙ · from the first; בְּרֹ֥אשׁ · on the corner
    Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
  25. Lamentations 3:54רֹאשִׁ֖י · my head
    The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
  26. Lamentations 4:1בְּרֹ֖אשׁ · corner
    How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
  27. Lamentations 5:16רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ · from our head
    The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
  28. Ezekiel 1:22רָאשֵׁ֤י; רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם · the heads
    Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was the likeness of an awesome expanse, gleaming like crystal.
  29. Ezekiel 1:25רֹאשָׁ֑ם · their heads
    And there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood still with their wings lowered.
  30. Ezekiel 1:26רֹאשָׁ֔ם · their heads
    Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.
  31. Ezekiel 5:1רֹאשְׁךָ֖ · your head
    “As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.
  32. Ezekiel 6:13רָאשֵׁ֣י · the mountaintops
    Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.
  33. Ezekiel 7:18רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם · their heads
    They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.
  34. Ezekiel 8:3רֹאשִׁ֑י · of my head
    He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
  35. Ezekiel 9:10בְּרֹאשָׁ֥ם · upon their own heads
    But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”
  36. Ezekiel 10:1רֹ֣אשׁ · the heads
    And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.
  37. Ezekiel 10:11הָרֹאשׁ֙ · the head
    When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.
  38. Ezekiel 11:21בְּרֹאשָׁ֣ם · upon their own heads
    But as for those whose hearts pursue detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”
  39. Ezekiel 13:18רֹ֥אשׁ · the heads
    …and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?
  40. Ezekiel 16:12בְּרֹאשֵֽׁךְ׃ · upon your head
    I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.
  41. Ezekiel 16:25רֹ֣אשׁ · the head
    At the head of every street you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty. With increasing promiscuity, you spread your legs to all who passed by.
  42. Ezekiel 16:31בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · at the head
    But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment.
  43. Ezekiel 16:43בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · upon your own head
    Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but enraged Me with all these things, I will surely bring your deeds down upon your own head, declares the Lord GOD. Have you not committed this lewdness on top of all your other abominations?
  44. Ezekiel 17:4רֹ֥אשׁ · its topmost
    He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.
  45. Ezekiel 17:19בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ · upon his head
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
  46. Ezekiel 17:22מֵרֹ֤אשׁ · from its topmost
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
  47. Ezekiel 21:19בְּרֹ֥אשׁ · branches off
    “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.