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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. Joshua 15:9מֵרֹ֣אשׁ · From the hilltop
    From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
  2. Joshua 19:51וְרָאשֵׁ֣י · and the heads
    These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the families distributed by lot to the tribes of Israel at Shiloh before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.
  3. Joshua 21:1רָאשֵׁי֙ · heads; רָאשֵׁ֛י · the heads
    Now the family heads of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the other tribes of Israel
  4. Joshua 22:14רֹ֧אשׁ · the head
    With him they sent ten chiefs—one family leader from each tribe of Israel, each the head of a family among the clans of Israel.
  5. Joshua 22:21רָאשֵׁ֖י · the leaders
    Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:
  6. Joshua 22:30וְרָאשֵׁ֨י · the heads
    When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.
  7. Joshua 23:2וּלְרָאשָׁ֔יו · leaders
    …he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
  8. Joshua 24:1וּלְרָאשָׁ֗יו · leaders
    Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
  9. Judges 5:26רֹאשׁ֔וֹ · his skull
    She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
  10. Judges 5:30לְרֹ֣אשׁ · for each
    ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
  11. Judges 6:26רֹ֧אשׁ · the top
    Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
  12. Judges 7:16רָאשִׁ֑ים · companies
    And he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.
  13. Judges 7:19רֹ֚אשׁ · at the beginning
    Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
  14. Judges 7:20הָרָאשִׁ֥ים · companies
    The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
  15. Judges 7:25וְרֹאשׁ־ · the heads
    They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
  16. Judges 8:28רֹאשָׁ֑ם · its head
    In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
  17. Judges 9:7בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · to the top
    When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
  18. Judges 9:25רָאשֵׁ֣י · the hilltops
    The leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.
  19. Judges 9:34רָאשִֽׁים׃ · companies
    So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
  20. Judges 9:36מֵרָאשֵׁ֖י · from the mountains
    When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”
  21. Judges 9:37וְרֹאשׁ־ · company
    Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
  22. Judges 9:43רָאשִׁ֔ים · companies
    So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
  23. Judges 9:44וְהָרָאשִׁים֙ · and the companies; הָֽרָאשִׁ֗ים · companies
    Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.
  24. Judges 9:53רֹ֣אשׁ · head
    But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
  25. Judges 9:57בְּרֹאשָׁ֑ם · {back} upon their own heads
    And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
  26. Judges 10:18לְרֹ֔אשׁ · the head
    And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
  27. Judges 11:8לְרֹ֔אשׁ · leader
    They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
  28. Judges 11:9לְרֹֽאשׁ׃ · leader
    But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
  29. Judges 11:11לְרֹ֣אשׁ · leader
    So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
  30. Judges 13:5רֹאשׁ֔וֹ · his head
    For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
  31. Judges 16:3רֹ֣אשׁ · the top
    But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.
  32. Judges 16:13רֹאשִׁ֖י · of my head
    Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”
  33. Judges 16:17רֹאשִׁ֔י · My hair
    Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
  34. Judges 16:19רֹאשׁ֑וֹ · of his head
    And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
  35. Judges 16:22רֹאשׁ֛וֹ · of his head
    However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
  36. 1 Samuel 1:11רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ · his head
    And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
  37. 1 Samuel 4:12רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ · his head
    That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
  38. 1 Samuel 5:4וְרֹ֨אשׁ · with [his] head
    But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.
  39. 1 Samuel 9:22בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · of honor
    Then Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them in the place of honor among those who were invited—about thirty in all.
  40. 1 Samuel 10:1רֹאשׁ֖וֹ · Saul’s head
    Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
  41. 1 Samuel 11:11רָאשִׁים֒ · divisions
    The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
  42. 1 Samuel 13:17רָאשִׁ֑ים · divisions; הָרֹ֨אשׁ
    And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,
  43. 1 Samuel 13:18וְהָרֹ֤אשׁ; וְהָרֹ֨אשׁ · and the [third]
    …another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.
  44. 1 Samuel 14:45רֹאשׁוֹ֙ · of his head
    But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
  45. 1 Samuel 15:17רֹ֛אשׁ · become the head
    And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
  46. 1 Samuel 17:5רֹאשׁ֔וֹ · his head
    …and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,