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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. 1 Kings 7:19רֹ֣אשׁ · atop
    And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.
  2. 1 Kings 7:22רֹ֥אשׁ · the tops
    And the tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the work of the pillars was completed.
  3. 1 Kings 7:35וּבְרֹ֣אשׁ · At the top; רֹ֤אשׁ · the top
    At the top of each stand was a circular band half a cubit high. The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand.
  4. 1 Kings 7:41רֹ֥אשׁ · atop; רֹ֥אשׁ · atop
    …the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
  5. 1 Kings 8:1רָאשֵׁ֣י · heads
    At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
  6. 1 Kings 8:8רָאשֵׁ֨י · ends
    The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
  7. 1 Kings 8:32בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ · down on his own head
    …then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
  8. 1 Kings 10:19וְרֹאשׁ־ · top
    The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.
  9. 1 Kings 18:42רֹ֤אשׁ · the summit
    So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.
  10. 1 Kings 20:31בְּרֹאשֵׁ֗נוּ · around our heads
    Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
  11. 1 Kings 20:32בְּרָאשֵׁיהֶ֗ם · around their heads
    So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
  12. 1 Kings 21:9בְּרֹ֥אשׁ · a seat of honor
    In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
  13. 1 Kings 21:12בְּרֹ֥אשׁ · a seat of honor
    They proclaimed a fast and gave Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
  14. 2 Kings 1:9רֹ֣אשׁ · top
    Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
  15. 2 Kings 2:3רֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ · you
    Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
  16. 2 Kings 2:5רֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ · you
    Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do not speak of it.”
  17. 2 Kings 4:19רֹאשִׁ֣י׀ · My head; רֹאשִׁ֑י · My head
    “My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
  18. 2 Kings 6:25רֹאשׁ־ · head
    So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
  19. 2 Kings 6:31רֹ֣אשׁ · the head
    He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
  20. 2 Kings 6:32רֹאשִׁ֔י · my head
    Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”
  21. 2 Kings 9:3רֹאשׁ֔וֹ · his head
    Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”
  22. 2 Kings 9:6רֹאשׁ֑וֹ · his head
    So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.
  23. 2 Kings 9:30רֹאשָׁ֔הּ · her head
    Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
  24. 2 Kings 10:6רָאשֵׁי֙ · the heads
    Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
  25. 2 Kings 10:7רָֽאשֵׁיהֶם֙ · their heads
    And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
  26. 2 Kings 10:8רָאשֵׁ֣י · the heads
    When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the sons of the king.” And Jehu ordered, “Pile them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”
  27. 2 Kings 19:21רֹ֣אשׁ · her head
    This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
  28. 2 Kings 25:18הָרֹ֔אשׁ · the chief
    The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
  29. 2 Kings 25:27רֹ֛אשׁ
    On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.
  30. 1 Chronicles 4:42בְּרֹאשָֽׁם׃ · led by
    And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir
  31. 1 Chronicles 5:7הָרֹ֥אשׁ · the chief
    His relatives by their clans are recorded in their genealogy: Jeiel the chief, Zechariah,
  32. 1 Chronicles 5:12הָרֹ֔אשׁ · the chief
    Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Jaanai and Shaphat, who lived in Bashan.
  33. 1 Chronicles 5:15רֹ֖אשׁ · was head
    Ahi son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their family.
  34. 1 Chronicles 5:24רָאשֵׁ֣י · were the heads; רָאשִׁ֖ים · and heads
    These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families.
  35. 1 Chronicles 7:2רָאשִׁ֤ים · the heads
    The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.
  36. 1 Chronicles 7:3רָאשִׁ֥ים · [of them were] chiefs
    The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.
  37. 1 Chronicles 7:7רָאשֵׁי֙ · heads
    The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, heads of their families—five in all. There were 22,034 mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies.
  38. 1 Chronicles 7:9רָאשֵׁי֙ · according to the heads
    Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families—20,200 mighty men of valor.
  39. 1 Chronicles 7:11לְרָאשֵׁ֣י · [were] heads
    All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle.
  40. 1 Chronicles 7:40רָאשֵׁ֨י · heads; רָאשֵׁ֖י · and chiefs
    All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.
  41. 1 Chronicles 8:6רָאשֵׁ֤י · were the heads
    These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:
  42. 1 Chronicles 8:10רָאשֵׁ֥י · heads
    Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.
  43. 1 Chronicles 8:13רָאשֵׁ֣י · were the heads
    …and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).
  44. 1 Chronicles 8:28רָאשֵׁ֥י · were heads; רָאשִׁ֑ים · the chiefs
    All these were heads of families, the chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.