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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. Ezekiel 21:21בְּרֹ֛אשׁ · at the junction
    For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
  2. Ezekiel 22:31בְּרֹאשָׁ֣ם · down upon their own heads
    So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”
  3. Ezekiel 23:15בְּרָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם · on their heads
    …wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth.
  4. Ezekiel 23:42רָאשֵׁיהֶֽן׃ · your head
    …accompanied by the sound of a carefree crowd. Drunkards were brought in from the desert along with men from the rabble, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your head.
  5. Ezekiel 24:23רָאשֵׁיכֶ֗ם · your heads
    Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.
  6. Ezekiel 27:22בְּרֹ֨אשׁ · the finest
    The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones.
  7. Ezekiel 27:30רָ֣אשֵׁיהֶ֔ם · their heads
    They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
  8. Ezekiel 29:18רֹ֣אשׁ · head
    “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
  9. Ezekiel 32:27רָאשֵׁיהֶ֗ם · their heads
    They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
  10. Ezekiel 33:4בְרֹאשׁ֖וֹ · on his own head
    Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.
  11. Ezekiel 38:2רֹ֖אשׁ · the chief
    “Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him
  12. Ezekiel 38:3רֹ֖אשׁ · chief
    …and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
  13. Ezekiel 39:1רֹ֖אשׁ · chief
    “As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
  14. Ezekiel 40:1בְּרֹ֨אשׁ · at the beginning
    In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month—in the fourteenth year after Jerusalem had been struck down—on that very day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He took me there.
  15. Ezekiel 42:12בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · in front
    And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward.
  16. Ezekiel 43:12רֹ֣אשׁ · top
    This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.
  17. Ezekiel 44:18רֹאשָׁ֔ם · their heads
    They are to wear linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that makes them perspire.
  18. Ezekiel 44:20וְרֹאשָׁם֙ · their heads; רָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ · their hair
    They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.
  19. Daniel 1:10רֹאשִׁ֖י · my head
    …but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”
  20. Hosea 1:11רֹ֥אשׁ · leader
    Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.
  21. Hosea 4:13רָאשֵׁ֨י · the mountaintops
    They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
  22. Joel 2:5רָאשֵׁ֤י
    With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.
  23. Joel 3:4בְּרֹאשְׁכֶֽם׃ · upon your heads
    Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
  24. Joel 3:7בְּרֹאשְׁכֶֽם׃ · upon your heads
    Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.
  25. Amos 1:2רֹ֥אשׁ · and the summit
    He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
  26. Amos 2:7בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · on the heads
    They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
  27. Amos 6:7בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · as the first
    Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.
  28. Amos 8:10רֹ֖אשׁ · head
    I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
  29. Amos 9:1בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · on the heads
    I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
  30. Amos 9:3בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · atop
    Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
  31. Obadiah 1:15בְּרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃ · upon your own head
    For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head.
  32. Jonah 2:5לְרֹאשִֽׁי׃ · around my head
    The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
  33. Jonah 4:6רֹאשׁ֔וֹ · head
    So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.
  34. Jonah 4:8רֹ֥אשׁ · head
    As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
  35. Micah 2:13בְּרֹאשָֽׁם׃פ · as their leader
    One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate, and go out by it. Their King will pass through before them, the LORD as their leader.
  36. Micah 3:1רָאשֵׁ֣י · O leaders
    Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
  37. Micah 3:9רָאשֵׁי֙ · O leaders
    Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
  38. Micah 3:11רָאשֶׁ֣יהָ׀ · Her leaders
    Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
  39. Micah 4:1בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · 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 the peoples will stream to it.
  40. Nahum 3:10בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · at the head
    Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
  41. Habakkuk 3:13רֹּאשׁ֙ · the head
    You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
  42. Habakkuk 3:14רֹ֣אשׁ · his head
    With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.
  43. Zechariah 1:21רֹאשׁ֔וֹ · his head
    “What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
  44. Zechariah 3:5רֹאשׁ֑וֹ · his head; רֹאשׁ֗וֹ · his head
    Then I said, “Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So a clean turban was placed on his head, and they clothed him, as the angel of the LORD stood by.
  45. Zechariah 4:2רֹאשָׁ֗הּ · the top; רֹאשָֽׁהּ׃
    “What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps.
  46. Zechariah 6:11בְּרֹ֛אשׁ · [it] on the head
    Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.