H7218Hebrew

רֹאשׁ

rôʼsh(roshe)
598 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word

Definition

From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)

Strong's Definition

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

Translated in KJV as

bandbeginningcaptainchapiterchief(-est place, man, things)companyend[idiom] every (man)excellentfirstforefront(be-)headheight(on) high(-est part, (priest))[idiom] lead[idiom] poorprincipalrulersumtop.

Etymology

from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;

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