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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 Chronicles 26:32רָאשֵׁ֣י · who were heads
    Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.
  2. 1 Chronicles 27:1רָאשֵׁ֣י · the heads
    This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 men in each division:
  3. 1 Chronicles 27:3הָרֹ֛אשׁ · and chief
    He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.
  4. 1 Chronicles 27:5רֹ֑אשׁ · as chief
    The third army commander, as chief for the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. There were 24,000 men in his division.
  5. 1 Chronicles 29:11לְרֹֽאשׁ׃ · as head
    Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
  6. 2 Chronicles 1:2רָאשֵׁ֥י · the heads
    Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel—the heads of the families.
  7. 2 Chronicles 3:15רֹאשׁ֖וֹ · top
    In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
  8. 2 Chronicles 3:16רֹ֣אשׁ · top
    He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
  9. 2 Chronicles 4:12רֹ֥אשׁ · 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;
  10. 2 Chronicles 5:2רָאשֵׁ֨י · heads
    At that time Solomon assembled 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.
  11. 2 Chronicles 5:9רָאשֵׁ֨י · ends
    The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
  12. 2 Chronicles 6:23בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ · 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.
  13. 2 Chronicles 11:22לָרֹ֧אשׁ · as chief
    Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
  14. 2 Chronicles 13:12בָרֹ֜אשׁ · as [our] head
    Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
  15. 2 Chronicles 19:8וּמֵרָאשֵׁ֤י · and heads
    Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.
  16. 2 Chronicles 19:11הָרֹ֨אשׁ · the chief
    Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”
  17. 2 Chronicles 20:27בְּרֹאשָׁ֔ם · at their head
    Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.
  18. 2 Chronicles 23:2וְרָאשֵׁ֥י · and the heads
    So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,
  19. 2 Chronicles 24:6הָרֹאשׁ֒ · the high
    So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
  20. 2 Chronicles 24:11הָרֹ֔אשׁ · of the high
    Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
  21. 2 Chronicles 25:12לְרֹ֣אשׁ · to the top; מֵֽרֹאשׁ־
    …and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.
  22. 2 Chronicles 26:12רָאשֵׁ֤י · leaders
    The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.
  23. 2 Chronicles 26:20הָרֹ֜אשׁ · the chief
    When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.
  24. 2 Chronicles 28:12מֵרָאשֵׁ֣י · of the leaders
    Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.
  25. 2 Chronicles 31:10הָרֹ֖אשׁ · the chief
    …and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”
  26. Ezra 1:5רָאשֵׁ֣י · heads
    So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
  27. Ezra 2:68וּמֵרָאשֵׁי֙ · [some] of the heads
    When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.
  28. Ezra 3:12וְרָאשֵׁ֨י · heads
    But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
  29. Ezra 4:2רָאשֵׁ֣י · and the heads
    …they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
  30. Ezra 4:3רָאשֵׁ֤י · heads
    But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”
  31. Ezra 7:5הָרֹֽאשׁ׃ · the chief
    …the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
  32. Ezra 7:28רָאשִׁ֖ים · the leaders
    …and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.
  33. Ezra 8:1רָאשֵׁ֥י · heads
    These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
  34. Ezra 8:16רָאשִׁ֑ים · the leaders
    Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.
  35. Ezra 8:17הָרֹ֔אשׁ · the leader
    And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
  36. Ezra 9:3רֹאשִׁי֙ · from my head
    When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.
  37. Ezra 9:6רֹּ֔אשׁ · our heads
    …and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
  38. Ezra 10:16רָאשֵׁ֧י · heads
    So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,
  39. Nehemiah 4:4רֹאשָׁ֑ם · their own heads
    Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
  40. Nehemiah 7:70רָאשֵׁ֣י · the heads
    Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.
  41. Nehemiah 7:71וּמֵֽרָאשֵׁ֣י · And some of the heads
    And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
  42. Nehemiah 8:13רָאשֵׁ֨י · the heads
    On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law.
  43. Nehemiah 9:17רֹ֛אשׁ · a leader
    They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
  44. Nehemiah 10:14רָאשֵׁ֖י · [And] the leaders
    And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
  45. Nehemiah 11:3רָאשֵׁ֣י · are the heads
    These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
  46. Nehemiah 11:13רָאשִׁ֣ים · the leaders
    …and his associates, the leaders of families—242 men; Amashai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer;
  47. Nehemiah 11:16מֵרָאשֵׁ֖י · two leaders
    Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;
  48. Nehemiah 11:17רֹ֗אשׁ · who led
    Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.