רֹאשׁ
head
also: top, summit, upper part, chief fuller range ↓
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Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
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Genesis 14 verses
- Genesis 8:5 רָאשֵׁ֥י n c mp cs The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
- Genesis 11:4 וְ/רֹאשׁ֣/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They said, "Come, let's build us a city, and a tower, whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."
- Genesis 28:12 וְ/רֹאשׁ֖/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
- Genesis 28:18 רֹאשָֽׁ/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs 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 poured oil on the top of it.
- Genesis 40:13 רֹאשֶׁ֔/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cupbearer.
- Genesis 40:16 רֹאשִֽׁ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
- Genesis 40:17 רֹאשִֽׁ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head."
- Genesis 40:19 רֹֽאשְׁ/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you."
- Genesis 40:20 רֹ֣אשׁ רֹ֛אשׁ n c ms cs n c ms cs It happened the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
- Genesis 47:31 רֹ֥אשׁ n c ms cs He said, "Swear to me," and he swore to him. Israel bowed himself on the bed's head.
- Genesis 48:14 רֹ֤אשׁ רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs n c ms cs Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
- Genesis 48:17 רֹ֥אשׁ רֹאשׁ רֹ֥אשׁ n c ms cs n c ms cs n c ms cs When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
- Genesis 48:18 רֹאשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
- Genesis 49:26 לְ/רֹ֣אשׁ prep + n c ms cs The blessings of your father Have prevailed above the blessings of the ancient mountains, Above the bounty of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
Exodus 24 verses
- Exodus 6:14 רָאשֵׁ֣י n c mp cs These are the heads of their fathers' houses. The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.
- Exodus 6:25 רָאשֵׁ֛י n c mp cs Eleazar Aaron's son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families.
- Exodus 12:2 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs "This month shall be to you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you.
- Exodus 12:9 רֹאשׁ֥/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Don't eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; with its head, its legs and its inner parts.
- Exodus 17:9 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand."
- Exodus 17:10 רֹ֥אשׁ n c ms cs So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
- Exodus 19:20 רֹ֣אשׁ רֹ֥אשׁ n c ms cs n c ms cs Yahweh came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
- Exodus 24:17 בְּ/רֹ֣אשׁ prep + n c ms cs The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 26:24 רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire to the top of it to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
- Exodus 28:32 רֹאשׁ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It shall have a hole for the head in the midst of it: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it not be torn.
- Exodus 29:6 רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and you shall set the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.
- Exodus 29:7 רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.
- Exodus 29:10 רֹ֥אשׁ n c ms cs "You shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.
- Exodus 29:15 רֹ֥אשׁ n c ms cs "You shall also take the one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
- Exodus 29:17 רֹאשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.
- Exodus 29:19 רֹ֥אשׁ n c ms cs "You shall take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
- Exodus 30:12 רֹ֥אשׁ n c ms cs "When you take a census of the children of Israel, according to those who are numbered among them, then each man shall give a ransom for his soul to Yahweh, when you number them; that there be no plague among them when you number them.
- Exodus 30:23 רֹאשׁ֒ n c ms cs "Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred and fifty; and of fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;
- Exodus 34:2 רֹ֥אשׁ n c ms cs Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.
- Exodus 36:29 רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They were double beneath, and in like manner they were all the way to the top of it to one ring. He did thus to both of them in the two corners.
- Exodus 36:38 רָאשֵׁי/הֶ֛ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of brass.
- Exodus 38:17 רָאשֵׁי/הֶ֖ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp The sockets for the pillars were of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
- Exodus 38:19 רָאשֵׁי/הֶ֛ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver.
- Exodus 38:28 רָאשֵׁי/הֶ֖ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.
Leviticus 33 verses
- Leviticus 1:4 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
- Leviticus 1:12 רֹאשׁ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat. The priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar,
- Leviticus 1:15 רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar;
- Leviticus 3:2 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood on the altar round about.
- Leviticus 3:8 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it before the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood on the altar round about.
- Leviticus 3:13 רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and he shall lay his hand on its head, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood on the altar round about.
- Leviticus 4:4 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs He shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting before Yahweh; and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull, and kill the bull before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 4:11 רֹאשׁ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The bull's skin, all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, its innards, and its dung,
- Leviticus 4:15 רֹ֥אשׁ n c ms cs The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before Yahweh; and the bull shall be killed before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 4:24 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before Yahweh. It is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 4:29 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.
- Leviticus 4:33 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
- Leviticus 5:8 רֹאשׁ֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one which is for the sin offering, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not sever it completely.
- Leviticus 6:5 בְּ/רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms or any thing about which he has sworn falsely; he shall restore it even in full, and shall add a fifth part more to it. To him to whom it belongs he shall give it, in the day of his being found guilty.
- Leviticus 8:9 רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He set the turban on his head; and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Leviticus 8:12 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
- Leviticus 8:14 רֹ֖אשׁ n c ms cs He brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.
- Leviticus 8:18 רֹ֥אשׁ n c ms cs He presented the ram of the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
- Leviticus 8:22 רֹ֥אשׁ n c ms cs He presented the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
- Leviticus 10:6 רָֽאשֵׁי/כֶ֥ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, "Don't let the hair of your heads go loose, neither tear your clothes; that you don't die, and that he not be angry with all the congregation: but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Yahweh has kindled.
- Leviticus 13:12 מֵ/רֹאשׁ֖/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "If the leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the infected person from his head even to his feet, as far as it appears to the priest;
- Leviticus 13:40 רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "If a man's hair has fallen from his head, he is bald. He is clean.
- Leviticus 13:41 רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms If his hair has fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald. He is clean.
- Leviticus 13:44 בְּ/רֹאשׁ֥/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms he is a leprous man. He is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean. His plague is on his head.
- Leviticus 13:45 וְ/רֹאשׁ/וֹ֙ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "The leper in whom the plague is shall wear torn clothes, and the hair of his head shall hang loose. He shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!'
- Leviticus 14:9 רֹאשׁ֤/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off. He shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his body in water, then he shall be clean.
- Leviticus 14:18 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest shall make atonement for him before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 14:29 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 16:21 רֹ֣אשׁ רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs n c ms cs Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them on the head of the goat, and shall send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.
- Leviticus 19:27 רֹאשְׁ/כֶ֑ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.
- Leviticus 21:5 בְּ/רֹאשָׁ֔/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp "'They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
- Leviticus 21:10 רֹאשׁ֣/וֹ רֹאשׁ/וֹ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "'He who is the high priest among his brothers, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose, nor tear his clothes;
- Leviticus 24:14 רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "Bring out of the camp him who cursed; and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
Numbers 34 verses
- Numbers 1:2 רֹאשׁ֙ n c ms cs "Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one;
- Numbers 1:16 רָאשֵׁ֛י n c mp cs These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.
- Numbers 1:49 רֹאשָׁ֖/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp "Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;
- Numbers 4:2 רֹאשׁ֙ n c ms cs "Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
- Numbers 4:22 רֹ֛אשׁ n c ms cs "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;
- Numbers 5:7 בְּ/רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms then he shall confess his sin which he has done, and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add to it the fifth part of it, and give it to him in respect of whom he has been guilty.
- Numbers 5:18 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs The priest shall set the woman before Yahweh, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy. The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings a curse.
- Numbers 6:5 רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ רֹאשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come on his head, until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
- Numbers 6:7 רֹאשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation to God is on his head.
- Numbers 6:9 רֹ֣אשׁ רֹאשׁ/וֹ֙ n c ms cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms "If any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing. On the seventh day he shall shave it.
- Numbers 6:11 רֹאשׁ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall make his head holy that same day.
- Numbers 6:18 רֹ֣אשׁ רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs n c ms cs The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.
- Numbers 7:2 רָאשֵׁ֖י n c mp cs that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes. These are they who were over those who were numbered:
- Numbers 8:12 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites.
- Numbers 10:4 רָאשֵׁ֖י n c mp cs If they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
- Numbers 10:10 וּ/בְ/רָאשֵׁ֣י conj + prep + n c mp cs Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God: I am Yahweh your God.
- Numbers 13:3 רָאשֵׁ֥י n c mp cs Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of Yahweh: all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 14:40 רֹאשׁ n c ms cs They rose up early in the morning, and got them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we are here, and will go up to the place which Yahweh has promised: for we have sinned.
- Numbers 14:44 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and Moses, didn't depart out of the camp.
- Numbers 17:3 לְ/רֹ֖אשׁ prep + n c ms cs You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.
- Numbers 20:28 בְּ/רֹ֣אשׁ prep + n c ms cs Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
- Numbers 21:20 רֹ֖אשׁ n c ms cs and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.
- Numbers 23:9 מֵ/רֹ֤אשׁ prep + n c ms cs For from the top of the rocks I see him, From the hills I see him: behold, it is a people that dwells alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
- Numbers 23:14 רֹ֖אשׁ n c ms cs He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
- Numbers 23:28 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
- Numbers 25:4 רָאשֵׁ֣י n c mp cs Yahweh said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.
- Numbers 25:15 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian.
- Numbers 26:2 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all who are able to go forth to war in Israel.
- Numbers 28:11 וּ/בְ/רָאשֵׁי֙ conj + prep + n c mp cs In the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 30:1 רָאשֵׁ֣י n c mp cs Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded.
- Numbers 31:26 רֹ֤אשׁ וְ/רָאשֵׁ֖י n c ms cs conj + n c mp cs Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the congregation;
- Numbers 31:49 רֹ֛אשׁ n c ms cs and they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our charge, and there lacks not one man of us.
- Numbers 32:28 רָאשֵׁ֛י n c mp cs So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel.
- Numbers 36:1 רָאשֵׁ֣י רָאשֵׁ֥י n c mp cs n c mp cs The heads of the fathers' [houses] of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel:
Deuteronomy 14 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:13 בְּ/רָאשֵׁי/כֶֽם prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
- Deuteronomy 1:15 רָאשֵׁ֣י רָאשִׁ֖ים n c mp cs n c mp So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.
- Deuteronomy 3:27 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs Go up to the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and see with your eyes: for you shall not go over this Jordan.
- Deuteronomy 5:23 רָאשֵׁ֥י n c mp cs It happened, when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
- Deuteronomy 20:9 בְּ/רֹ֥אשׁ prep + n c ms cs It shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people.
- Deuteronomy 21:12 רֹאשָׁ֔/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
- Deuteronomy 28:23 רֹאשְׁ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
- Deuteronomy 29:10 רָאשֵׁי/כֶ֣ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp You stand this day all of you before Yahweh your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,
- Deuteronomy 32:42 מֵ/רֹ֖אשׁ prep + n c ms cs I will make my arrows drunk with blood, My sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.
- Deuteronomy 33:5 רָ֣אשֵׁי n c mp cs He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together.
- Deuteronomy 33:15 וּ/מֵ/רֹ֖אשׁ conj + prep + n c ms cs For the chief things of the ancient mountains, For the precious things of the everlasting hills,
- Deuteronomy 33:16 לְ/רֹ֣אשׁ prep + n c ms cs For the precious things of the earth and the fullness of it, The good will of him who lived in the bush. Let [the blessing] come on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.
- Deuteronomy 33:21 רָ֣אשֵׁי n c mp cs He provided the first part for himself, For there was the lawgiver's portion reserved; He came [with] the heads of the people; He executed the righteousness of Yahweh, His ordinances with Israel.
- Deuteronomy 34:1 רֹ֚אשׁ n c ms cs Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. Yahweh shown him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,
Joshua 13 verses
- Joshua 2:19 בְ/רֹאשׁ֖/וֹ בְ/רֹאשֵׁ֔/נוּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cp It shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be on him.
- Joshua 7:6 רֹאשָֽׁ/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
- Joshua 11:10 רֹ֖אשׁ n c ms cs Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck the king of it with the sword: for Hazor before was the head of all those kingdoms.
- Joshua 14:1 וְ/רָאשֵׁ֛י conj + n c mp cs These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them,
- Joshua 15:8 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost part of the valley of Rephaim northward;
- Joshua 15:9 מֵ/רֹ֣אשׁ prep + n c ms cs and the border extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath Jearim);
- Joshua 19:51 וְ/רָאשֵׁ֣י conj + n c mp cs These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.
- Joshua 21:1 רָאשֵׁי֙ רָאשֵׁ֛י n c mp cs n c mp cs Then came near the heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel;
- Joshua 22:14 רֹ֧אשׁ n c ms cs and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were everyone of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
- Joshua 22:21 רָאשֵׁ֖י n c mp cs Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel,
- Joshua 22:30 וְ/רָאשֵׁ֨י conj + n c mp cs When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
- Joshua 23:2 וּ/לְ/רָאשָׁ֔י/ו conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and well stricken in years:
- Joshua 24:1 וּ/לְ/רָאשָׁ֗י/ו conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
Judges 17 verses
- Judges 5:26 רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms She put her hand to the tent-pin, Her right hand to the workmen's hammer; With the hammer she struck Sisera, she struck through his head; Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.
- Judges 5:30 לְ/רֹ֣אשׁ prep + n c ms cs Have they not found, have they not divided the spoil? A lady, two ladies to every man; To Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, A spoil of dyed garments embroidered, Of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the spoil?
- Judges 6:26 רֹ֧אשׁ n c ms cs and build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold, in the orderly manner, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.
- Judges 7:19 רֹ֚אשׁ n c ms cs So Gideon, and the hundred men who were with him, came to the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and broke in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.
- Judges 7:25 וְ/רֹאשׁ conj + n c ms cs They took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian: and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.
- Judges 8:28 רֹאשָׁ֑/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
- Judges 9:7 בְּ/רֹ֣אשׁ prep + n c ms cs When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
- Judges 9:25 רָאשֵׁ֣י n c mp cs The men of Shechem set liers-in-wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
- Judges 9:36 מֵ/רָאשֵׁ֖י prep + n c mp cs When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. Zebul said to him, You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
- Judges 9:53 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.
- Judges 9:57 בְּ/רֹאשָׁ֑/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite on their heads: and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
- Judges 13:5 רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
- Judges 16:3 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
- Judges 16:13 רֹאשִׁ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto you have mocked me, and told me lies: tell me with which you might be bound. He said to her, If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web.
- Judges 16:17 רֹאשִׁ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs He told her all his heart, and said to her, "No razor has ever come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I will become weak, and be like any other man."
- Judges 16:19 רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
- Judges 16:22 רֹאשׁ֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms However the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaved.
1 Samuel 18 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:11 רֹאשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms She vowed a vow, and said, Yahweh of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a man-child, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come on his head.
- 1 Samuel 4:12 רֹאשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms There ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn, and with earth on his head.
- 1 Samuel 5:4 וְ/רֹ֨אשׁ conj + n c ms cs When they arose early on the next day morning, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [lay] cut off on the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was left to him.
- 1 Samuel 9:22 בְּ/רֹ֣אשׁ prep + n c ms cs Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the guest-chamber, and made them sit in the best place among those who were invited, who were about thirty persons.
- 1 Samuel 10:1 רֹאשׁ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Isn't it that Yahweh has anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?
- 1 Samuel 14:45 רֹאשׁ/וֹ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he didn't die.
- 1 Samuel 15:17 רֹ֛אשׁ n c ms cs Samuel said, "Though you were little in your own sight, weren't you made the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel;
- 1 Samuel 17:5 רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
- 1 Samuel 17:38 רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Saul clad David with his clothing, and he put a helmet of brass on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.
- 1 Samuel 17:46 רֹֽאשְׁ/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms This day will Yahweh deliver you into my hand; and I will strike you, and take your head from off you; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
- 1 Samuel 17:51 רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath of it, and killed him, and cut off his head therewith. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
- 1 Samuel 17:54 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
- 1 Samuel 17:57 וְ/רֹ֥אשׁ conj + n c ms cs As David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
- 1 Samuel 25:39 בְּ/רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal has Yahweh returned on his own head. David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife.
- 1 Samuel 26:13 רֹאשׁ n c ms cs Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them;
- 1 Samuel 28:2 לְ/רֹאשִׁ֛/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs David said to Achish, Therefore you shall know what your servant will do. Achish said to David, Therefore will I make you keeper of my head for ever.
- 1 Samuel 29:4 בְּ/רָאשֵׁ֖י prep + n c mp cs But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for with what should this [fellow] reconcile himself to his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?
- 1 Samuel 31:9 רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the news to the house of their idols, and to the people.
2 Samuel 23 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:2 רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms it happened on the third day, that behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
- 2 Samuel 1:10 רֹאשׁ֗/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms So I stood beside him, and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.
- 2 Samuel 1:16 רֹאשֶׁ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms David said to him, Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain Yahweh's anointed.
- 2 Samuel 2:16 בְּ/רֹ֣אשׁ prep + n c ms cs They caught everyone his fellow by the head, and [thrust] his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: therefore that place was called Helkath Hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
- 2 Samuel 2:25 רֹאשׁ n c ms cs The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill.
- 2 Samuel 3:8 הֲ/רֹ֨אשׁ ptcl inter + n c ms cs Then was Abner very angry for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? This day do I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman.
- 2 Samuel 3:29 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.
- 2 Samuel 4:7 רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
- 2 Samuel 4:8 רֹ֨אשׁ רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs n c ms cs They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; and Yahweh has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
- 2 Samuel 4:12 רֹ֤אשׁ n c ms cs David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 5:24 בְּ/רָאשֵׁ֥י prep + n c mp cs It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall bestir yourself; for then is Yahweh gone out before you to strike the host of the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 12:30 רֹאשׁ֜/וֹ רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs He took the crown of their king from off his head; and the weight of it was a talent of gold, and [in it were] precious stones; and it was set on David's head. He brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much.
- 2 Samuel 13:19 רֹאשָׁ֔/הּ רֹאשָׁ֔/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of various colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
- 2 Samuel 14:26 רֹאשׁ/וֹ֒ רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight.
- 2 Samuel 15:30 וְ/רֹ֥אשׁ רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ conj + n c ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms David went up by the ascent of the [Mount of] Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
- 2 Samuel 15:32 הָ/רֹ֔אשׁ רֹאשֽׁ/וֹ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It happened that when David had come to the top [of the ascent], where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and earth on his head.
- 2 Samuel 16:9 רֹאשֽׁ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head."
- 2 Samuel 18:9 רֹאשׁ֣/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
- 2 Samuel 20:21 רֹאשׁ֛/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The matter is not so: but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. The woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.
- 2 Samuel 20:22 רֹ֨אשׁ n c ms cs Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
- 2 Samuel 22:44 לְ/רֹ֣אשׁ prep + n c ms cs You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people; You have kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
- 2 Samuel 23:8 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.
- 2 Samuel 23:18 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.
1 Kings 19 verses
- 1 Kings 2:32 רֹאשׁ֗/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn't know it, [to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
- 1 Kings 2:33 בְּ/רֹ֣אשׁ וּ/בְ/רֹ֥אשׁ prep + n c ms cs conj + prep + n c ms cs So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever: but to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 2:37 בְ/רֹאשֶֽׁ/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms For on the day you go out, and pass over the brook Kidron, know you for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be on your own head.
- 1 Kings 2:44 בְּ/רֹאשֶֽׁ/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.
- 1 Kings 7:16 רָאשֵׁ֥י n c mp cs He made two capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:17 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs There were nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.
- 1 Kings 7:18 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs So he made the pillars; and there were two rows round about on the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top of the pillars: and so did he for the other capital.
- 1 Kings 7:19 רֹ֣אשׁ n c ms cs The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:22 רֹ֥אשׁ n c ms cs On the top of the pillars was lily-work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
- 1 Kings 7:35 וּ/בְ/רֹ֣אשׁ רֹ֤אשׁ conj + prep + n c ms cs n c ms cs In the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays of it and the panels of it were of the same.
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The Hebrew noun ראש centers on the idea of “head.” Beyond “head” it also covers “top”, “summit”, and “upper part” — see its full sense range. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 547 verses — among the most common. First canonically at Genesis 2:10, it enters the text early. Related forms include מראשה, ראש and ראש. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7218 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 547
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 547 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #80
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 80 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 547 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 1 Chronicles 63 verses 12%
- Leviticus 38 verses 7%
- Ezekiel 38 verses 7%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 547 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 226 verses · 41%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 190 verses · 35%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 131 verses · 24%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 4 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Head 201×, Chief 63×, Heads 60×
- American Standard Version†: Head 174×, Heads 81×, Top 44×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Head 186×, Heads 92×, Top 28×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Head 222×, Head of 120×, Heads of 81×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7218 across 598† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 94 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7218 across 601† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 128 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7218 across 570† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 79 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 28 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7218 across 617† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 36 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
18 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 18 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
ראש I
- 1.
- a. (c. 230 times) head, of human being; man Gn 40:16, 17 + often, לְר׳ גֶּבֶר Ju 5:30 for the head of a man, i.e. for each man, per capita; woman 2 K 9:30; Dt 21:12; Nu 5:18; Est 2:17; boy 2 K 4:19(×2); Gn 48:14(×2) +; of י׳, under fig. of armed man ψ 60:9 = 108:9; of idol 1 S 5:4; of gates, personif. ψ 24:7, 9. e.g. Genesis 40:16
- b. head, of animals: of serpent Gn 3:15, dog 2 S 3:8, ass 2 K 6:25, of הַחַיָּה in Ez 1:22 cf. v 22, 26, of הַכְּרֻבִים 10:1 cf. v 11; of sea-monsters, לִוְיָתָן Jb 40:31 ψ 74:14, תַּנִּינִים v 13; especially of animals for sacrifice Ex 12:9; 29:15, 19 Lv 1:4, 8, 12, 15; 3:2, 8 + 18 times P; in phr. ר׳ וְזָנָב Is 9:13 (fig. of noble and commoner) cf. v 14; 19:15, so (fig. of relative dignity, power, influence) Dt 28:13, 44. e.g. Genesis 3:15
- 2.
- a. top (88 times): of mt., הַר, Gn 8:5; Ex 19:20(×2); 24:17; 34:2 + 34 times; hill, גִּבְעָה, Ex 17:9, 10 (E), 2 S 8:25; ר׳ מְרוֹמִים Pr 8:2 + 1:21 Toy (for MT הֹמִיּוֹת), ר׳ גֵּיא שְׁמָנִים Is 28:1, 4; of rocks, צֻרִים, Nu 23:9 (JE), crag, סֶלַע, 2 Ch 25:12(×2); tower Gn 11:4 (J), stronghold Ju 6:26, ladder Gn 28:12 (E), tree 2 S 5:24 = 1 Ch 14:15, bough Is 17:6 cf. Ez 17:4, 22, mast (?; חִבֵּל) Pr 23:34 (otherwise Toy); of ears of grain, שִׁבֹּלֶת Jb 24:24, of stone Gn 28:18 (E), bed, מִטָּה, 47:31 (J), throne, ר׳ עָגוֹל לַכִּסֵּה 1 K 10:19, tabern., or its wall, Ex 26:24 = 36:29 (P); pillar (= capital) 1 K 7:16, 17 + 13 times, מְכוֹנָה v 35(×2), lampstand Zc 4:2(×2), h.p.’s robe, מְעִיל, Ex 28:32(P), ר׳ פִּנָּה ψ 118:22 top of (the) corner, i.e. most conspicuous stone (fig.); = tip, end, of staves 1 K 8:8=2 Ch 5:9, of sceptre Est 5:2. e.g. Genesis 8:5
- b. height of stars Jb 22:12 (‖ גֹּבַהּ שָׁמַיִם). e.g. Job 22:12
- 3.
- a. head = chief (man) Ju 10:18; 11:8, 9, 11; Ex 18:25 (E), Nu 1:16 (P), Dt 1:15; Ho 2:2; Mi 3:1 + often; appar. combined with idea of first in a series 1 Ch 12:10 (van d. H. v 9, series of 11); of God 2 Ch 13:12. e.g. Judges 10:18
- b. = chief (city) Jos 11:10 (D), cf. (of city and king) Is 7:8(×2), 9(×2). e.g. Joshua 11:10
- c. chief nation Je 31:7. e.g. Jeremiah 31:7
- d. = chief (place, position) 1 S 9:22; 1 K 21:9, 12; Dt 20:9; 1 Ch 4:42 (cf. also 5). e.g. 1 Samuel 9:22
- e. כֹּהֵן הָרֹאשׁ chief priest 2 K 25:18 = Je 52:24; 2 Ch 19:11; 24:11; 26:20, הַכֹּהֵן רֹאשׁ 1 Ch 27:5, הַכּ׳ הָר׳ 2 Ch 31:10; Ezr 7:5; ר׳ alone 2 Ch 24:6; רָאשֵׁי הַכֹּהֲנִים Ne 12:7. e.g. 2 Kings 25:18
- f. especially = head of a family (P Chr); רָאשֵׁי בֵּית (rare רֹאשׁ) אֲבוֹתָ(ם) Ex 6:14; Nu 7:2; 17:18; Jos 22:14; 1 Ch 5:24; 7:7, 9; ר׳ בֵּית הָאָבוֹת v 40; ר׳ לְבֵית אֲבֹתָיו Nu 1:4, cf. 1 Ch 5:15, 24; 7:2; 9:13; 24:4; ר׳ אֻמּוֹת בֵּית־אָב Nu 25:15; ר׳ אֲבוֹת הָעֵדָה 31:26 cf. 32:28 Jos 14:1; 21:1; ר׳ אֲבוֹת הַלְוִיִּם Ex 6:25; Jos 21:1; ר׳ (הָ)אָבוֹת לַלְּוִיִּם 1 Ch 9:33, 34; 15:12, cf. Nu 36:1; Jos 19:51; 1 Ch 8:6, 13; 23:9, 24 + 10 times Chr.; abs. ר׳ (הָ)אָבוֹת 1 Ch 8:10, 28; 9:9; 26:32; 27:1; 2 Ch 1:2 + 8 times Ezr Ne (Chr); ר׳ אֲבֹתֵיהֶם Ezr 8:1; רָאשִׁים לְאָבוֹת Ne 11:13; so also ר׳ alone 1 Ch 5:7, 12; 7:3; 8:28 +; appar. combined with idea of first in a series 23:8 (series of 3), v 11 (of 4), v 19 (of 3), v 20 (of 2). e.g. Exodus 6:14
- 4.
- a. head = front, leader’s place Mi 2:13; 2 Ch 20:27, cf. Am 6:7. e.g. Micah 2:13
- b. of time, beginning, of night-watch Ju 7:19; La 2:19; abs. מֵרֹאשׁ from the beginning Is 40:21; 41:4, 26 (‖ מִלְּפָנִים), 48:16; Pr 8:23 (‖ מֵעוֹלָם), Ec 3:11 (‖ עַד־סוֹף); first of months Ex 12:2 (‖ רִאשׁוֹן), Nu 10:10; 28:11 (all P); בָּרֹאשׁ 1 Ch 16:7 at first. e.g. Judges 7:19
- c. of things, river-heads Gn 2:10 (J); ר׳ עַפְרוֹת תֵּבֵל Pr 8:26. e.g. Genesis 2:10
- 5. chief, choicest, best, of spices, בשׂמ(ים), Ez 27:22; Ex 30:23 (P), Ct 4:14; ר׳ שִׂמְחָתִי ψ 137:6 the choicest of my joy. e.g. Ezekiel 27:22
- 6. head = division of army, company, band: Ju 7:16, 20; 9:34, 37, 43, 44(×2); 1 S 11:11; 13:17(×2), 18(×2); Jb 1:17. e.g. Judges 7:16
- 7. = sum, especially in phr. נָשָׂא אֶת־ר׳ בְּנֵי־יִשׂ׳ Ex 30:12 take the sum of, enumerate, cf. Nu 1:2, 49; 4:2, 22; 26:2; 31:26, 49; בְּרֹאשׁוֹ Lv 5:24 in its sum, i.e. in full, so Nu 5:7 (all P); of י׳’s thoughts ψ 139:17; cf. רֹאשׁ דְּבָֽרְךָ אֱמֶת 119:160. 8. other phr. are: נָשָׂא אֶת־רֹאשׁ פ׳ v. נָשָׂא Qal 1 b (2); יָרוּם רֹאשִׁי עַל־אֹיְבַי ψ 27:6, י׳ מֵרִים רֹאשִׁי 3:4 (ψ 110:7; 140:10 v. רום); shake the head, v. נוּעַ Hiph., cf. יָנִיד בְּרֹאשׁוֹ Je 8:16, מְנוֹד רֹאשׁ ψ 44:15; נָתַן דֶּרֶךְ בְּרֹאשׁ, i.e. requite, v. נתן Qal 2 b ad fin.; יָשׁוּב גְּמֻלְךָ בְּר׳ Ob 15, cf. ψ 7:17 1 K 2:33 (sub דָּם 2 i), and (c. עַל־ר׳) Est 9:25, הֵשִׁיב רָעָה בְּרֹאשׁ Ju 9:57; 1 S 25:39; 1 K 2:44, cf. Jo 4:4, 7; 1 K 2:32 (sub דָּם 2 i), cf. Ne 3:36 (אֶל־רֹאשָׁם), v. also 2 S 3:29 sub I. חוּל 3; see, further, דָּם 2 i; Dn 1:10 v. חוּב Pi. e.g. Exodus 30:12
ראש II and (†Dt 32
- 1. a bitter and poisonous herb, + (or ‖) לַעֲנָה Dt 29:17; La 3:19, so (מֵי רֹאשׁ) Je 9:14; 23:15; מֵי ר׳ (without ל׳) 8:14; עִנְּבֵי־רוֹשׁ Dt 32:32 (‖ מְרֹרֹת); רֹאשׁ וּתְלָאָה La 3:5; ר׳ alone ψ 69:22; וּפָרַח כָּרֹאשׁ מִשְׁפָּט Ho 10:4, הֲפַכְתֶּם לְר׳ מִשְׁפָּט Am 6:12. e.g. Deuteronomy 29:17
- 2. venom, of serpents, ר׳ פְּתָנִים Dt 32:33; Jb 20:16. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:33
ראש III son of Benj.
ראש IV Rôsh (so 𝔊 and most
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. Lv 13:45 head (common Sem. word; earliest form *ra’š, Arabic رَأْسٌ, Sab. ראס PräZMG xxix (1875), 425 MordtmHim. Inschr. 31; Ethiopic ርእስ: Amh. ራስ: hence (a heightened) Assyrian rêšu (rarely râšu), Aramaic רֵישָׁא (Egyptian Aramaic ראשׁ CookeNorth-Sem. Inscr. 404), ܪܺܝܫܳܐ, mod. raïša, HuartJAs xii (1878), 491 Duvalid. xiii (1879), 464; Palm. רשׁא, Lzb366, cf. BH רִישׁוֹן, רֵאשִׁית; from *ra’š, also BH *רָאשׁ, רֹאשׁ (LagSymm. i. 113), TelAm. rušu(nu) Wkl 189, 18 (gloss to ḳaḳḳadunu), NH = BH; SI6 ראש, Ph. רש, ראש (in n.pr.), Pun. rus (in n.pr.loc.) SchrödPh. Spr. 133, ראשת choicest, chief; on MI20 (sf.) רשה, l.28 ש[ר], cf. Sm. u. So14 NöLCB Jan. 8, 1887, 60);—ר׳ abs. Gn 3:15 +, cstr. 40:20 +; sf. רֹאשִׁי v 16 +, etc.; pl. *רָאשִׁים (for רְאָשִׁם NöGGA 1884, 1019) Ex 18:25 +; cstr. רָאשֵׁי Ho 7:13 + [מֵרַאֲשֹׁתֵי 1 S 26:12 v. מְרַאֲשׁוֹת infr.]; sf. רָאשֵׁינוּ 1 Ch 12:19, רָאשֵׁיכֶם Is 29:10 +, etc.;—
II. and (†Dt 32:32) רוֹשׁ n.m. Dt 32:33 a bitter and poisonous herb, then venom, always fig.;—
III. n.m. son of Benj.;—Gn 46:21, Ρως.
IV. n.pr.gent. Rôsh (so 𝔊 and most; > chief Ew Sm al. (𝔙 principem capitis) Mosoch);—only in phr. נְשִׂיא רֹאשׁ (אֶרֶץ מָגוֹג) גּוֹג מֶשֶׁךְ וְתֻבָ֑ל Ez 38:2, 3; 39:1, Ρως; not identified.
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Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
רָאשׁ
- poor, v. רָשׁ.
רֹאשׁ
- (b. h.) head, point; beginning, heading; main thing, principal. Ḥull. IV, 1 הוציא את רֹאשׁוֹ וכ׳ if the embryo put forth its head, although it withdrew it again. Gen. R. s. 71, beg., v. סוֹף. Midr. Prov. to I, 7 ר׳ הפרק ר׳ המסכתא ר׳ הפרשה the heading of a chapter, of a treatise, of a section.—ר׳ החדש, ר׳ השנה &c., v. respective determinants.—Meg. 12ᵇ קופץ בר׳, v. הֶדְיוֹט.—בת ר׳, v. בַּת II.—Sifra B’ḥuck., Par. 2, ch. VIII (ref. to יען וביען, Lev. XXVI, 43) וכי ר׳ בר׳ פרעתי מהם וכ׳ did I collect from them full amount for full amount? did I not collect only one hundredth of their sins before me? Snh. 3ᵃ sq. ממון שאינו משתלם בר׳ הוא an indemnity not for the exact amount (more or less). B. Kam. 65ᵇ (ref. to Lev. V, 24) ממון … בר׳ מוסיף חומש וכ׳ where the indemnity is for the full amount (and no more), the fine of a fifth is added, but where it is not for the exact amount (but more) &c.; a. v. fr.—מֵר׳ from the beginning, over again. Ab. Zar. 3ᵃ תנה לנו מר׳ וכ׳ give us it (the Law) over again, and we will observe it.—Pl. רָאשִׁים, רָאשִׁין. Ḥull. II, 2 השוחט שני ר׳ כאחד if one cuts two heads at one time. Ḥag. 13ᵃ רָאשֵׁי פרקים, v. פֶּרֶק; a. fr.—Trnsf. a) chief, magistrate, leader, president. Y. R. Hash. I, 57ᵇ bot. ר׳ גדר היה וכ׳ it was the chief magistrate of Gadara &c., v. רֵאשִׁית; Bab. R. Hash. 22ᵃ שזפר ראשָׁהּ וכ׳ Sh. the chief &c. Sabb. 33ᵇ; Ber. 63ᵇ, v. מְדַבֵּר. Ib. 57ᵇ, v. יְשִׁיבָה. Y. Hor. III, 48ᵇ bot. ר׳ משמר the chief of the Temple guard; ר׳ בית אב the chief of a priestly family. Ib. [read:] ר׳ וזקן ר׳ קודם שאינו ר׳ וכ׳ as between the chief (the Nasi, of the academy) and an elder (scholar), the chief has the precedence, for none can be chief unless he has been an elder; a. v. fr.—Pl. as ab. Ib. משה הקדים ר׳ לזקנים Moses placed the chiefs before the elders (Deut. XXIX, 9). Gen. R. s. 61 כולהון ראשי אומות הן they are all (names derived from) tribal chiefs (v. לוּפָר, a. correct citation acc.); a. fr.—b) crossbeam. Neg. XIII, 2, v. פָּתִין.—Pl. as ab. Ib. נראה בר׳ Bab. ed. (Mish. ed. sing.) if the leprous spot appeared on the crossbeams.—c) ר׳ תּוֹר (Chaldaism) [ox-head,] triangle, wedge. Kel. XVIII, 2 כיצד … ר׳ ת׳ how is a piece of furniture with an arched top-piece measured? By drawing an equilateral triangle circumscribing the curve. Kil. II, 7 היה ר׳ ת׳ חטים וכ׳ if a triangular point of a wheat field is wedged in a barley field. Ib. III, 3. B. Bath. 62ᵃ (if the seller defined the limits of his field by describing one long side and one short side) ויקנה כנגד ר׳ ת׳ why not let the buyer have possession of an ‘ox-head’, i.e. draw a trapezoid with the two unequal sides?—Pl. רָאשֵׁי תוֹרִין. Y. Erub. I, 19ᶜ bot. e.g. Leviticus 26:43
רֹאשׁ ²
- ch., v. רֵישׁ II
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Forms in the corpus
The 203 distinct written forms H7218 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 143 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7218, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- מראשה marʼâshâh H4761 dominion
- ראש rêʼsh H7217 chief
- ראש rôʼsh H7219 gall
- ראשה riʼshâh H7221 early time
- ראשה rôʼshâh H7222 top
- ראשית rêʼshîyth H7225 beginning
- ראשת raʼăshôth H7226 head place
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 9 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 511 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 547 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:10
- Exodus 6:14
- Leviticus 1:4
- Numbers 1:2
- Deuteronomy 1:13
- Joshua 2:19
- Judges 5:26
- 1 Samuel 1:11
- 2 Samuel 1:2
- 1 Kings 2:32
- 2 Kings 1:9
- 1 Chronicles 4:42
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
