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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. Nehemiah 12:7רָאשֵׁ֧י · were the leaders
    Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
  2. Nehemiah 12:12רָאשֵׁ֣י · the heads
    In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families: of the family of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
  3. Nehemiah 12:22רָאשֵׁ֣י · the heads
    In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.
  4. Nehemiah 12:23רָאשֵׁ֣י · heads
    As for the descendants of Levi, the family heads up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles.
  5. Nehemiah 12:24וְרָאשֵׁ֣י · The leaders
    The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
  6. Nehemiah 12:46רֹאשׁ · there were directors
    For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
  7. Esther 2:17בְּרֹאשָׁ֔הּ · upon her head
    And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
  8. Esther 5:2בְּרֹ֥אשׁ · the tip
    As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she found favor in his sight. The king extended the gold scepter in his hand toward Esther, and she approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
  9. Esther 6:8בְּרֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ · on its head
    …have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
  10. Esther 6:12רֹֽאשׁ׃ · with his head
    Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
  11. Esther 9:25רֹאשׁ֑וֹ · his own head
    But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
  12. Job 1:17רָאשִׁ֗ים · bands
    While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
  13. Job 1:20רֹאשׁ֑וֹ · his head
    Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
  14. Job 2:12רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם · his head
    When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
  15. Job 10:15רֹאשִׁ֑י · my head
    If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
  16. Job 12:24רָאשֵׁ֣י · leaders
    He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
  17. Job 16:4רֹאשִֽׁי׃ · my head
    I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
  18. Job 19:9רֹאשִֽׁי׃ · from my head
    He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
  19. Job 20:6וְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹ · and his head
    Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
  20. Job 22:12רֹ֖אשׁ · the highest
    Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
  21. Job 24:24וּכְרֹ֖אשׁ · like heads
    They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
  22. Job 29:3רֹאשִׁ֑י · my head
    …when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
  23. Job 29:25רֹ֥אשׁ · as chief
    I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
  24. Job 41:7רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ · or his head
    Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
  25. Psalm 3:3רֹאשִֽׁי׃ · my head
    But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
  26. Psalm 7:16בְרֹאשׁ֑וֹ · on himself
    His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
  27. Psalm 18:43לְרֹ֣אשׁ · the head
    You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
  28. Psalm 21:3לְ֝רֹאשׁ֗וֹ · on his head
    For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
  29. Psalm 22:7רֹֽאשׁ׃ · their heads
    All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
  30. Psalm 23:5רֹ֝אשִׁ֗י · my head
    You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
  31. Psalm 24:7רָֽאשֵׁיכֶ֗ם · your heads
    Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
  32. Psalm 24:9רָֽאשֵׁיכֶ֗ם · your heads
    Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
  33. Psalm 27:6רֹאשִׁ֡י · my head
    Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
  34. Psalm 38:4רֹאשִׁ֑י · me
    For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
  35. Psalm 40:12רֹ֝אשִׁ֗י · of my head
    For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
  36. Psalm 44:14רֹ֝֗אשׁ
    You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
  37. Psalm 60:7רֹאשִׁ֑י
    Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
  38. Psalm 66:12לְרֹ֫אשֵׁ֥נוּ · over our heads
    You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.
  39. Psalm 68:21רֹ֤אשׁ · the heads
    Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
  40. Psalm 69:4רֹאשִׁי֮ · of my head
    Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
  41. Psalm 72:16בְּרֹ֪אשׁ · atop
    May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.
  42. Psalm 74:13רָאשֵׁ֥י · the heads
    You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
  43. Psalm 74:14רָאשֵׁ֣י · the heads
    You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
  44. Psalm 83:2רֹֽאשׁ׃ · their heads
    See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
  45. Psalm 108:8רֹאשִׁ֑י
    Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
  46. Psalm 109:25רֹאשָֽׁם׃ · their heads
    I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
  47. Psalm 110:6רֹ֝֗אשׁ · the leaders
    He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
  48. Psalm 110:7רֹֽאשׁ׃ · His head
    He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.
  49. Psalm 118:22לְרֹ֣אשׁ · the cornerstone
    The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
  50. Psalm 119:160רֹאשׁ־ · The entirety
    The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.