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