Rosh רֹאשׁ

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Rosh
רֹאשׁ
Transliterationrosh
Strong's numberH7218 (H7218A, H7218H, H7218I, H7218J, H7218K, H7218L, H7218B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosshead
Occurrences600 in 548 verses
Most frequent in1 Chronicles (63)

Rosh (Hebrew רֹאשׁ, Strong's H7218) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “head”. It occurs 600 times in 548 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H7218A: head

: head
1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum

H7218H: head: leader

: leader
1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum

H7218I: head: top

: top/best
1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum

H7218J: head: first

: first/start
1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum

H7218K: head: group

: group
1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum

H7218L: head: count

: count
1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum

H7218B: prince

Rosh, a tite for a chief or prince

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVhead (264), chief (91), heads (85), top (65), beginning (12), sum (9), tops (8), companies (7), captains (6), first (6), principal (5), company (5), and 19 other renderings
BSBhead (77), heads (62), his head (45), my head (25), top (25), chief (22), their heads (20), leaders (19), your head (16), first (12), atop (11), its head (10), and 131 other renderings

Verses

Rosh occurs in 548 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (16): 2:10, 3:15, 8:5, 11:4, 28:12, 28:18, 40:13, 40:16, 40:17, 40:19, 40:20, 47:31, 48:14, 48:17, 48:18, 49:26

Exodus (25): 6:14, 6:25, 12:2, 12:9, 17:9, 17:10, 18:25, 19:20, 24:17, 26:24, 28:32, 29:6, 29:7, 29:10, 29:15, 29:17, 29:19, 30:12, 30:23, 34:2, 36:29, 36:38, 38:17, 38:19, 38:28

Leviticus (38): 1:4, 1:8, 1:12, 1:15, 3:2, 3:8, 3:13, 4:4, 4:11, 4:15, 4:24, 4:29, 4:33, 5:8, 6:5, 8:9, 8:12, 8:14, 8:18, 8:20, 8:22, 9:13, 10:6, 13:12, 13:29, 13:30, 13:40, 13:41, 13:44, 13:45, 14:9, 14:18, 14:29, 16:21, 19:27, 21:5, 21:10, 24:14

Numbers (36): 1:2, 1:4, 1:16, 1:49, 4:2, 4:22, 5:7, 5:18, 6:5, 6:7, 6:9, 6:11, 6:18, 7:2, 8:12, 10:4, 10:10, 13:3, 14:4, 14:40, 14:44, 17:3, 20:28, 21:20, 23:9, 23:14, 23:28, 25:4, 25:15, 26:2, 28:11, 30:1, 31:26, 31:49, 32:28, 36:1

Deuteronomy (16): 1:13, 1:15, 3:27, 5:23, 20:9, 21:12, 28:13, 28:23, 28:44, 29:10, 32:42, 33:5, 33:15, 33:16, 33:21, 34:1

Joshua (13): 2:19, 7:6, 11:10, 14:1, 15:8, 15:9, 19:51, 21:1, 22:14, 22:21, 22:30, 23:2, 24:1

Judges (28): 5:26, 5:30, 6:26, 7:16, 7:19, 7:20, 7:25, 8:28, 9:7, 9:25, 9:34, 9:36, 9:37, 9:43, 9:44, 9:53, 9:57, 10:18, 11:8, 11:9, 11:11, 13:5, 16:3, 16:13, 16:14, 16:17, 16:19, 16:22

1 Samuel (21): 1:11, 4:12, 5:4, 9:22, 10:1, 11:11, 13:17, 13:18, 14:45, 15:17, 17:5, 17:38, 17:46, 17:51, 17:54, 17:57, 25:39, 26:13, 28:2, 29:4, 31:9

2 Samuel (25): 1:2, 1:10, 1:16, 2:16, 2:25, 3:8, 3:29, 4:7, 4:8, 4:12, 5:24, 12:30, 13:19, 14:26, 15:30, 15:32, 16:1, 16:9, 18:9, 20:21, 20:22, 22:44, 23:8, 23:13, 23:18

1 Kings (20): 2:32, 2:33, 2:37, 2:44, 7:16, 7:17, 7:18, 7:19, 7:22, 7:35, 7:41, 8:1, 8:8, 8:32, 10:19, 18:42, 20:31, 20:32, 21:9, 21:12

2 Kings (16): 1:9, 2:3, 2:5, 4:19, 6:25, 6:31, 6:32, 9:3, 9:6, 9:30, 10:6, 10:7, 10:8, 19:21, 25:18, 25:27

1 Chronicles (63): 4:42, 5:7, 5:12, 5:15, 5:24, 7:2, 7:3, 7:7, 7:9, 7:11, 7:40, 8:6, 8:10, 8:13, 8:28, 9:9, 9:13, 9:17, 9:33, 9:34, 10:9, 11:6, 11:10, 11:11, 11:15, 11:20, 11:42, 12:3, 12:9, 12:14, 12:18, 12:19, 12:20, 12:23, 12:32, 14:15, 15:12, 16:5, 16:7, 20:2, 23:8, 23:9, 23:11, 23:16, 23:17, 23:18, 23:19, 23:20, 23:24, 24:4, 24:6, 24:21, 24:31, 26:10, 26:12, 26:21, 26:26, 26:31, 26:32, 27:1, 27:3, 27:5, 29:11

2 Chronicles (20): 1:2, 3:15, 3:16, 4:12, 5:2, 5:9, 6:23, 11:22, 13:12, 19:8, 19:11, 20:27, 23:2, 24:6, 24:11, 25:12, 26:12, 26:20, 28:12, 31:10

Ezra (13): 1:5, 2:68, 3:12, 4:2, 4:3, 7:5, 7:28, 8:1, 8:16, 8:17, 9:3, 9:6, 10:16

Nehemiah (16): 4:4, 7:70, 7:71, 8:13, 9:17, 10:14, 11:3, 11:13, 11:16, 11:17, 12:7, 12:12, 12:22, 12:23, 12:24, 12:46

Esther (5): 2:17, 5:2, 6:8, 6:12, 9:25

Job (13): 1:17, 1:20, 2:12, 10:15, 12:24, 16:4, 19:9, 20:6, 22:12, 24:24, 29:3, 29:25, 41:7

Psalms (32): 3:3, 7:16, 18:43, 21:3, 22:7, 23:5, 24:7, 24:9, 27:6, 38:4, 40:12, 44:14, 60:7, 66:12, 68:21, 69:4, 72:16, 74:13, 74:14, 83:2, 108:8, 109:25, 110:6, 110:7, 118:22, 119:160, 133:2, 137:6, 139:17, 140:7, 140:9, 141:5

Proverbs (10): 1:9, 1:21, 4:9, 8:2, 8:23, 8:26, 10:6, 11:26, 23:34, 25:22

Ecclesiastes (3): 2:14, 3:11, 9:8

Song of Solomon (7): 2:6, 4:8, 4:14, 5:2, 5:11, 7:5, 8:3

Isaiah (26): 1:5, 1:6, 2:2, 7:8, 7:9, 7:20, 9:14, 9:15, 15:2, 17:6, 19:15, 28:1, 28:4, 29:10, 30:17, 35:10, 37:22, 40:21, 41:4, 41:26, 42:11, 48:16, 51:11, 51:20, 58:5, 59:17

Jeremiah (13): 2:37, 9:1, 13:21, 14:3, 14:4, 18:16, 22:6, 23:19, 30:23, 31:7, 48:37, 52:24, 52:31

Lamentations (7): 1:5, 2:10, 2:15, 2:19, 3:54, 4:1, 5:16

Ezekiel (38): 1:22, 1:25, 1:26, 5:1, 6:13, 7:18, 8:3, 9:10, 10:1, 10:11, 11:21, 13:18, 16:12, 16:25, 16:31, 16:43, 17:4, 17:19, 17:22, 21:19, 21:21, 22:31, 23:15, 23:42, 24:23, 27:22, 27:30, 29:18, 32:27, 33:4, 38:2, 38:3, 39:1, 40:1, 42:12, 43:12, 44:18, 44:20

Daniel (1): 1:10

Hosea (2): 1:11, 4:13

Joel (3): 2:5, 3:4, 3:7

Amos (6): 1:2, 2:7, 6:7, 8:10, 9:1, 9:3

Obadiah (1): 1:15

Jonah (3): 2:5, 4:6, 4:8

Micah (5): 2:13, 3:1, 3:9, 3:11, 4:1

Nahum (1): 3:10

Habakkuk (2): 3:13, 3:14

Zechariah (4): 1:21, 3:5, 4:2, 6:11

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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