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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. Numbers 6:18רֹ֣אשׁ · head; רֹ֣אשׁ
    Then at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head, take the hair, and put it on the fire under the peace offering.
  2. Numbers 7:2רָאשֵׁ֖י · the heads
    And the leaders of Israel, the heads of their families, presented an offering. These men were the tribal leaders who had supervised the registration.
  3. Numbers 8:12רֹ֣אשׁ · the heads
    And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.
  4. Numbers 10:4רָאשֵׁ֖י · the heads
    But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.
  5. Numbers 10:10וּבְרָאשֵׁ֣י · and the beginning
    And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
  6. Numbers 13:3רָאשֵׁ֥י · were leaders
    So at the command of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
  7. Numbers 14:4רֹ֖אשׁ · a leader
    So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
  8. Numbers 14:40רֹאשׁ־ · the ridge
    Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”
  9. Numbers 14:44רֹ֣אשׁ · the ridge
    But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved from the camp.
  10. Numbers 17:3לְרֹ֖אשׁ · for the head
    …and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.
  11. Numbers 20:28בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · on top
    After Moses had removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
  12. Numbers 21:20רֹ֖אשׁ · where the top
    …and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.
  13. Numbers 23:9מֵרֹ֤אשׁ · from atop
    For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.
  14. Numbers 23:14רֹ֖אשׁ · top
    So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
  15. Numbers 23:28רֹ֣אשׁ · to the top
    And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
  16. Numbers 25:4רָאשֵׁ֣י · the leaders
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”
  17. Numbers 25:15רֹ֣אשׁ · chief
    And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
  18. Numbers 26:2רֹ֣אשׁ׀
    “Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by the houses of their fathers—all those twenty years of age or older who can serve in the army of Israel.”
  19. Numbers 28:11וּבְרָאשֵׁי֙ · At the beginning
    At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
  20. Numbers 30:1רָאשֵׁ֣י · to the heads
    Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
  21. Numbers 31:26רֹ֤אשׁ; וְרָאשֵׁ֖י · heads
    “You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congregation are to take a count of what was captured, both of man and beast.
  22. Numbers 31:49רֹ֛אשׁ
    …and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
  23. Numbers 32:28רָאשֵׁ֛י · leaders
    So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family leaders of the tribes of Israel.
  24. Numbers 36:1רָאשֵׁ֣י · heads; רָאשֵׁ֥י · who were the heads
    Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,
  25. Deuteronomy 1:13בְּרָאשֵׁיכֶֽם׃ · as your leaders
    Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.”
  26. Deuteronomy 1:15רָאשֵׁ֣י · the leaders; רָאשִׁ֖ים · as leaders
    So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.
  27. Deuteronomy 3:27רֹ֣אשׁ · to the top
    Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
  28. Deuteronomy 5:23רָאשֵׁ֥י · the heads
    And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,
  29. Deuteronomy 20:9בְּרֹ֥אשׁ · to lead it
    When the officers have finished addressing the army, they are to appoint commanders to lead it.
  30. Deuteronomy 21:12רֹאשָׁ֔הּ · her head
    …then you shall bring her into your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails,
  31. Deuteronomy 28:13לְרֹאשׁ֙ · you the head
    The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
  32. Deuteronomy 28:23רֹאשְׁךָ֖ · your head
    The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
  33. Deuteronomy 28:44לְרֹ֔אשׁ · the head
    He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
  34. Deuteronomy 29:10רָאשֵׁיכֶ֣ם · you leaders
    All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,
  35. Deuteronomy 32:42מֵרֹ֖אשׁ · the heads
    I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
  36. Deuteronomy 33:5רָ֣אשֵׁי · when the leaders
    So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.
  37. Deuteronomy 33:15וּמֵרֹ֖אשׁ · with the best
    …with the best of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills,
  38. Deuteronomy 33:16לְרֹ֣אשׁ · on the head
    …with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers.
  39. Deuteronomy 33:21רָ֣אשֵׁי · with the leaders
    He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”
  40. Deuteronomy 34:1רֹ֚אשׁ · to the top
    Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan,
  41. Joshua 2:19בְרֹאשׁ֖וֹ · on his own head; בְרֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ · will be on our heads
    If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.
  42. Joshua 7:6רֹאשָֽׁם׃ · their heads
    Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.
  43. Joshua 11:10רֹ֖אשׁ · the head
    At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.
  44. Joshua 14:1וְרָאשֵׁ֛י · and the heads
    Now these are the portions that the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, as distributed by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families of the tribes of Israel.
  45. Joshua 15:8רֹ֣אשׁ · the top
    From there the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.