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רֹאשׁ

roshheadHow to read Hebrew
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. 1 Samuel 17:38רֹאשׁ֑וֹ · his head
    Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.
  2. 1 Samuel 17:46רֹֽאשְׁךָ֙ · cut off your head
    This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
  3. 1 Samuel 17:51רֹאשׁ֑וֹ · his head
    David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
  4. 1 Samuel 17:54רֹ֣אשׁ · the head
    David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
  5. 1 Samuel 17:57וְרֹ֥אשׁ · head
    So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
  6. 1 Samuel 25:39בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ · down upon his own head
    On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
  7. 1 Samuel 26:13רֹאשׁ־ · atop
    Then David crossed to the other side and stood atop the mountain at a distance; there was a wide gulf between them.
  8. 1 Samuel 28:2לְרֹאשִׁ֛י
    David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”
  9. 1 Samuel 29:4בְּרָאשֵׁ֖י · with the heads
    But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
  10. 1 Samuel 31:9רֹאשׁ֔וֹ · Saul’s head
    They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
  11. 2 Samuel 1:2רֹאשׁ֑וֹ · his head
    On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
  12. 2 Samuel 1:10רֹאשׁ֗וֹ · his head
    So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
  13. 2 Samuel 1:16רֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ · your own head
    For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
  14. 2 Samuel 2:16בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · by the head
    Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim.
  15. 2 Samuel 2:25רֹאשׁ־ · atop
    The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.
  16. 2 Samuel 3:8הֲרֹ֨אשׁ · the head
    Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
  17. 2 Samuel 3:29רֹ֣אשׁ · the head
    May it whirl over the head of Joab and over the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”
  18. 2 Samuel 4:7רֹאשׁ֑וֹ · him; רֹאשׁ֔וֹ · his head
    They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
  19. 2 Samuel 4:8רֹ֨אשׁ · the head; רֹ֣אשׁ · the head
    They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”
  20. 2 Samuel 4:12רֹ֤אשׁ · the head
    So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.
  21. 2 Samuel 5:24בְּרָאשֵׁ֥י · in the tops
    As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
  22. 2 Samuel 12:30רֹאשׁ֜וֹ · the head; רֹ֣אשׁ · head
    Then he took the crown from the head of their king. It weighed a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
  23. 2 Samuel 13:19רֹאשָׁ֔הּ · her head; רֹאשָׁ֔הּ · her head
    And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her robe. And putting her hand on her head, she went away crying aloud.
  24. 2 Samuel 14:26רֹאשׁוֹ֒ · his head; רֹאשׁ֔וֹ
    And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
  25. 2 Samuel 15:30וְרֹ֥אשׁ · His head; רֹאשׁ֔וֹ · their heads
    But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
  26. 2 Samuel 15:32הָרֹ֔אשׁ · the summit; רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ · his head
    When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
  27. 2 Samuel 16:1מֵֽהָרֹ֔אשׁ · beyond the summit
    When David had gone a little beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a pair of saddled donkeys loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a skin of wine.
  28. 2 Samuel 16:9רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ס · and cut off his head
    Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
  29. 2 Samuel 18:9רֹאשׁ֣וֹ · Absalom’s head
    Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
  30. 2 Samuel 20:21רֹאשׁ֛וֹ · his head
    That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
  31. 2 Samuel 20:22רֹ֨אשׁ · the head
    Then the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
  32. 2 Samuel 22:44לְרֹ֣אשׁ · as the head
    You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
  33. 2 Samuel 23:8רֹ֣אשׁ · was chief
    These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
  34. 2 Samuel 23:13רֹ֗אשׁ · chief men
    At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
  35. 2 Samuel 23:18רֹ֣אשׁ · was chief
    Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
  36. 1 Kings 2:32רֹאשׁ֗וֹ · his own head
    The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
  37. 1 Kings 2:33בְּרֹ֣אשׁ · upon the heads; וּבְרֹ֥אשׁ · [and]
    Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”
  38. 1 Kings 2:37בְרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃ · on your own head
    On the day you go out and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will die; your blood will be on your own head.”
  39. 1 Kings 2:44בְּרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃ · back upon your head
    The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.
  40. 1 Kings 7:16רָאשֵׁ֥י · top
    He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.
  41. 1 Kings 7:17רֹ֣אשׁ · top
    For the capitals on top of the pillars he made a network of lattice, with wreaths of chainwork, seven for each capital.
  42. 1 Kings 7:18רֹ֣אשׁ · atop [the pillars]
    Likewise, he made the pillars with two rows of pomegranates around each grating to cover each capital atop the pillars.