H7218 רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end…
Occurs 599 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- רֹאשׁ n.pr.gent. Rôsh
- רֹאשׁ n.m
- רֹאשׁ 599 n.m.
- a (c. 230 t.) head, of human being
- b head, of animals
- a top (88 t.)
- b height, of stars
- a head = chief (man)
- b = chief (city)
- c chief nation
- d = chief (place, position)
- e = chief priest
- f = head of a family
- a head = front, leader's place
- b of time, beginning, of night watch
- c of things, river-heads
- 5 chief, choicest, best, of spices
- 6 head = division of army, company, band
- 7 = sum, esp. in phr. take sum of, enumerate
- 8 other phr.
Where it occurs
- Genesis 2:10 — A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four rivers.
- Genesis 3:15 — I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head…
- Genesis 8:5 — The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of…
- Genesis 11:4 — They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for…
- Genesis 28:12 — He dreamed and saw a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God were…
- Genesis 28:18 — Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and…
- Genesis 40:13 — Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh’s cup…
- Genesis 40:16 — When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and behold…
- Genesis 40:17 — In the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my…
- Genesis 40:19 — Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will…