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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. Leviticus 3:2רֹ֣אשׁ · the head
    He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall splatter the blood on all sides of the altar.
  2. Leviticus 3:8רֹ֣אשׁ · the head
    He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splatter its blood on all sides of the altar.
  3. Leviticus 3:13רֹאשׁ֔וֹ · its head
    He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splatter its blood on all sides of the altar.
  4. Leviticus 4:4רֹ֣אשׁ · head
    He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD.
  5. Leviticus 4:11רֹאשׁ֖וֹ · its head
    But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung—
  6. Leviticus 4:15רֹ֥אשׁ · head
    The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD.
  7. Leviticus 4:24רֹ֣אשׁ · the head
    He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
  8. Leviticus 4:29רֹ֣אשׁ · the head
    He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
  9. Leviticus 4:33רֹ֣אשׁ · the head
    And he is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.
  10. Leviticus 5:8רֹאשׁ֛וֹ · its head
    He is to bring them to the priest, who shall first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the front of its neck without severing it;
  11. Leviticus 6:5בְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹ · He must make
    …or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.
  12. Leviticus 8:9רֹאשׁ֑וֹ · [Aaron’s] head
    Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.
  13. Leviticus 8:12רֹ֣אשׁ · head
    He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
  14. Leviticus 8:14רֹ֖אשׁ · its head
    Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
  15. Leviticus 8:18רֹ֥אשׁ · its head
    Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
  16. Leviticus 8:20הָרֹ֔אשׁ · the head
    He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.
  17. Leviticus 8:22רֹ֥אשׁ · head
    After that, Moses presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
  18. Leviticus 9:13הָרֹ֑אשׁ · the head
    They brought him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head, and he burned them on the altar.
  19. Leviticus 10:6רָֽאשֵׁיכֶ֥ם · let your hair
    Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.
  20. Leviticus 13:12מֵרֹאשׁ֖וֹ · from head
    But if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see,
  21. Leviticus 13:29בְּרֹ֖אשׁ · on the head
    If a man or woman has an infection on the head or chin,
  22. Leviticus 13:30הָרֹ֛אשׁ · of the head
    …the priest shall examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a scaly outbreak, an infectious disease of the head or chin.
  23. Leviticus 13:40רֹאשׁ֑וֹ
    Now if a man loses his hair and is bald, he is still clean.
  24. Leviticus 13:41רֹאשׁ֑וֹ
    Or if his hairline recedes and he is bald on his forehead, he is still clean.
  25. Leviticus 13:44בְּרֹאשׁ֥וֹ · on his head
    …the man is diseased; he is unclean. The priest must pronounce him unclean because of the infection on his head.
  26. Leviticus 13:45וְרֹאשׁוֹ֙ · and let his hair
    A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
  27. Leviticus 14:9רֹאשׁ֤וֹ · his head
    On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.
  28. Leviticus 14:18רֹ֣אשׁ · the head
    The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.
  29. Leviticus 14:29רֹ֣אשׁ · the head
    The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.
  30. Leviticus 16:21רֹ֣אשׁ · the head; רֹ֣אשׁ · head
    Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.
  31. Leviticus 19:27רֹאשְׁכֶ֑ם · of your head
    You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
  32. Leviticus 21:5בְּרֹאשָׁ֔ם · spots on their heads
    Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
  33. Leviticus 21:10רֹאשׁ֣וֹ׀ · his head; רֹאשׁוֹ֙ · his hair
    The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.
  34. Leviticus 24:14רֹאשׁ֑וֹ · his head
    “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
  35. Numbers 1:2רֹאשׁ֙
    “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
  36. Numbers 1:4רֹ֥אשׁ · the head
    And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.
  37. Numbers 1:16רָאשֵׁ֛י · the heads
    These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.
  38. Numbers 1:49רֹאשָׁ֖ם · in the census
    “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.
  39. Numbers 4:2רֹאשׁ֙ · a census
    “Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,
  40. Numbers 4:22רֹ֛אשׁ
    “Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans,
  41. Numbers 5:7בְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹ
    …and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.
  42. Numbers 5:18רֹ֣אשׁ · hair
    After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.
  43. Numbers 6:5רֹאשׁ֑וֹ · his head; רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ · of his head
    For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.
  44. Numbers 6:7רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ · his head
    Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the symbol of consecration to his God is upon his head.
  45. Numbers 6:9רֹ֣אשׁ · his consecrated head; רֹאשׁוֹ֙ · his head
    If someone suddenly dies in his presence and defiles his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his cleansing—the seventh day.
  46. Numbers 6:11רֹאשׁ֖וֹ · his head again
    And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again.