H7218 · רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh · roshe · head, chief, top
H7218 (rôʼsh, pronounced roshe) is the Hebrew word רֹאשׁ in Strong’s dictionary: the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc. It appears 598 times in 546 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- רֹאשׁ (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- rôʼsh
- Pronunciation
- roshe
- Derivation
- from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;
- Definition
- the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
- Rendered in the KJV
- band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
598 occurrences in 546 verses (570 with English words of their own, 28 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “the head” ×35
- “his head” ×31
- “the heads” ×31
- “head” ×25
- “their heads” ×19
- “heads” ×17
- “my head” ×15
- “the chief” ×12
By book
Genesis 16 · Exodus 24 · Leviticus 38 · Numbers 36 · Deuteronomy 16 · Joshua 13 · Judges 27 · 1 Samuel 21 · 2 Samuel 25 · 1 Kings 20 · 2 Kings 16 · 1 Chronicles 63 · 2 Chronicles 20 · Ezra 13 · Nehemiah 16 · Esther 5 · Job 13 · Psalms 32 · Proverbs 10 · Ecclesiastes 3 · Song of Solomon 7 · Isaiah 26 · Jeremiah 13 · Lamentations 7 · Ezekiel 38 · Daniel 1 · Hosea 2 · Joel 3 · Amos 6 · Obadiah 1 · Jonah 3 · Micah 5 · Nahum 1 · Habakkuk 2 · Zechariah 4
First 30 of 546 verses
- Genesis 2:10
- Genesis 3:15
- Genesis 8:5
- Genesis 11:4
- Genesis 28:12
- Genesis 28:18
- Genesis 40:13
- Genesis 40:16
- Genesis 40:17
- Genesis 40:19
- Genesis 40:20
- Genesis 47:31
- Genesis 48:14
- Genesis 48:17
- Genesis 48:18
- Genesis 49:26
- Exodus 6:14
- Exodus 6:25
- Exodus 12:2
- Exodus 12:9
- Exodus 17:9
- Exodus 17:10
- Exodus 18:25
- Exodus 19:20
- Exodus 24:17
- Exodus 26:24
- Exodus 28:32
- Exodus 29:6
- Exodus 29:7
- Exodus 29:10
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H7218.