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
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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“And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”