Skip to content
Bible Study

Lexicon entry · Hebrew

H7218Aרֹאשׁrosh

headPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Lexicon
From STEPBible's TBESH (CC BY 4.0)

Occurrences by book

  1. 15
  2. 8
  3. 39
  4. 10
  5. 5
  6. 3
  7. 12
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 16
  10. 24
  11. 9
  12. 12
  13. 4
  14. 2
  15. 2
  16. 1
  17. 4
  18. 9
  19. 25
  20. 5
  21. 2
  22. 6
  23. 14
  24. 8
  25. 5
  26. 28
  27. 1
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. 2
  30. 3
  31. 1
  32. 3
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 1
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 4
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

JPS Tanakh 1917 is not aligned yet, so there are no renderings to show.

Other meanings of H7218

  • H7218BרֹאשׁroshprinceH:N-MOccurrences: 3
  • H7218Hרֹאשׁroshhead: leaderH:N-MOccurrences: 178
  • H7218Iרֹאשׁroshhead: topH:N-MOccurrences: 95
  • H7218Jרֹאשׁroshhead: firstH:N-MOccurrences: 18
  • H7218Kרֹאשׁroshhead: groupH:N-MOccurrences: 16
  • H7218Lרֹאשׁroshhead: countH:N-MOccurrences: 7

283 occurrences in 258 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Samuel 1:16

    And David said unto him: 'Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying: I have slain the LORD'S anointed.'

    רֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ (רֹאשֶׁ֑) ro.She. “head”

  2. 2 Samuel 2:16

    And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together; wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

    בְּרֹ֣אשׁ (רֹ֣אשׁ) Rosh “[the] head of”

  3. 2 Samuel 3:8

    Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said: 'Am I a dog's head that belongeth to Judah? This day do I show kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of

    הֲרֹ֨אשׁ (רֹ֨אשׁ) Rosh “[the] head of”

  4. 2 Samuel 3:29

    let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.'

    רֹ֣אשׁ rosh “[the] head of”

  5. 2 Samuel 4:7

    Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bed-chamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.

    רֹאשׁ֑וֹ (רֹאשׁ֑) ro.Sh “head”רֹאשׁ֔וֹ (רֹאשׁ֔) ro.Sh “head”

  6. 2 Samuel 4:8

    And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king: 'Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, who sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.'

    רֹ֨אשׁ rosh “[the] head of”רֹ֣אשׁ rosh “[the] head of”

  7. 2 Samuel 4:12

    And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.

    רֹ֤אשׁ rosh “[the] head of”

  8. 2 Samuel 12:30

    And he took the crown of Malcam from off his head; and the weight thereof was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much.

    רֹאשׁ֜וֹ (רֹאשׁ֜) ro.Sh “head”רֹ֣אשׁ rosh “[the] head of”

  9. 2 Samuel 13:19

    And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of many colours that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.

    רֹאשָׁ֔הּ (רֹאשָׁ֔) ro.Sha “head”רֹאשָׁ֔הּ (רֹאשָׁ֔) ro.Sha “head”

  10. 2 Samuel 14:26

    And when he polled his head--now it was at every year's end that he polled it; because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it--he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight.

    רֹאשׁוֹ֒ (רֹאשׁ) ro.Sh “head”רֹאשׁ֔וֹ (רֹאשׁ֔) ro.Sh “head”

  11. 2 Samuel 15:30

    And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot; and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

    וְרֹ֥אשׁ (רֹ֥אשׁ) Rosh “head”רֹאשׁ֔וֹ (רֹאשׁ֔) ro.Sh “head”

  12. 2 Samuel 15:32

    And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the ascent, where God was wont to be worshipped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head.

    רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ (רֹאשֽׁ) ro.Sh “head”

  13. 2 Samuel 16:9

    Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king: 'Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.'

    רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ (רֹאשֽׁ) ro.Sh “head”

  14. 2 Samuel 18:9

    And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth, and his head caught hold of the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and t

    רֹאשׁ֣וֹ (רֹאשׁ֣) ro.Sh “head”

  15. 2 Samuel 20:21

    The matter is not so; but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.' And the woman said unto Joab: 'Behold, his

    רֹאשׁ֛וֹ (רֹאשׁ֛) ro.Sh “head”

  16. 2 Samuel 20:22

    Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. And he blew the horn, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto

    רֹ֨אשׁ rosh “[the] head of”

  17. 1 Kings 2:32

    And the LORD will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew it not: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of

    רֹאשׁ֗וֹ (רֹאשׁ֗) ro.Sh “head”

  18. 1 Kings 2:33

    So shall their blood return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever; but unto David, and unto his seed, and unto his house, and unto his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.'

    בְּרֹ֣אשׁ (רֹ֣אשׁ) Rosh “[the] head of”וּבְרֹ֥אשׁ (רֹ֥אשׁ) Rosh “[the] head of”

  19. 1 Kings 2:37

    For on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, know thou for certain that thou shalt surely die; thy blood shall be upon thine own head.'

    בְרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃ (רֹאשֶֽׁ) ro.She. “own head”

  20. 1 Kings 2:44

    The king said moreover to Shimei: 'Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father; therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.

    בְּרֹאשֶֽׁךָ׃ (רֹאשֶֽׁ) ro.She. “head”

  21. 1 Kings 8:32

    then hear Thou in heaven, and do, and judge Thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

    בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ (רֹאשׁ֑) ro.Sh “own head”

  22. 1 Kings 20:31

    And his servants said unto him: 'Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; peradventure he will save t

    בְּרֹאשֵׁ֗נוּ (רֹאשֵׁ֗) ro.She. “head”

  23. 1 Kings 20:32

    So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said: 'Thy servant Ben-hadad saith: I pray thee, let me live.' And he said: 'Is he yet alive? he is my brother.'

    בְּרָאשֵׁיהֶ֗ם (רָאשֵׁי) ra.shei. “heads”

  24. 1 Kings 21:12

    They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.

    בְּרֹ֥אשׁ (רֹ֥אשׁ) Rosh “[the] head of”

  25. 2 Kings 4:19

    And he said unto his father: 'My head, my head.' And he said to his servant: 'Carry him to his mother.'

    רֹאשִׁ֣י׀ (רֹאשִׁ֣) ro.Sh “head”רֹאשִׁ֑י (רֹאשִׁ֑) ro.Sh “head”