Lexicon rosh: head Original Word: רֹאשׁPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: rosh Phonetic Spelling: (roshe) Short Definition: head NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionhead NASB Translationbands (1), beginning (11), beheaded* (1), best (1), best things (1), bodyguard* (1), captains (3), census (7), chief (35), chief men (6), chiefs (3), companies (7), company (5), corner (1), count (1), distant (1), divisions (1), ends (2), every (1), faced* (1), favor* (1), finest (2), first (12), full (2), hair (3), head (256), heads (129), laughingstock* (1), leader (4), leaders (8), leading man (1), leading men (2), masters (1), released* (1), ridge (2), rivers (1), sum (2), summit (7), themselves (1), top (51), topmost (2), topmost* (1), tops (15).
Brown-Driver-Briggs I. רֹאשׁ599 noun masculineLeviticus 13:45 head (common Semitic word; earliest form * ra°š, Arabic  , Sabean ראס Prä ZMG xxix (1875). 425 Mordtm Him.Inschr. 31; Ethiopic  Amharic  hence ( a heightened) Assyrian rêšu (rarely râšu), Aramaic רֵישָׁא (Egyptian Aramaic ראש Cooke North-Semitic Inscr. 404),  , modern (Ma'lûla) ra±ša, Huart JAs xii (1878), 491 Duval id. xiii(1879), 464; Palmyrene רשא, Lzb 366, compare Biblical Hebrew רִישׁוֺן, רֵאשִׁית; from *ra'š, also Biblical Hebrew רָאשׁ֩, ראֹשׁ (Lag Symm. i. 113), Tel Amarna rušu(nu) Wkl 189, 18 (gloss to ‡a‡‡adunu), Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; SI 6 ראש, Phoenician רשׁ, ראש (in proper name), Punic rus (in proper name, of a location) Schröd Phoenician Spr.133, ראשת choicest, chief; on MI 20 (suffix) רשה, Leviticus 1:28 ש[ ר], compare Sm. u. So 14 Nö LCB Jan. 8, 1887, 60); — ׳ר absolute Genesis 3:15 +, construct Genesis 40:20 +; suffix ראֹשִׁי Genesis 40:16 +, etc.; plural רָאשִׁים (for רְאָשִׁים֩ Nö GGA 1884, 1019) Exodus 18:25 +; construct רָאשֵׁי Hosea 7:13 + [ מֵרַאֲשֹׁתֵי 1 Samuel 26:12 see מְרַאֲשׁוֺת below]; suffix רָאשֵׁינוּ 1 Chronicles 12:19, רָאשֵׁיכֶם Isaiah 29:10 +, etc.; — 1. a. (c. 230 t.) head, of human being; man Genesis 40:16,17. + often, גֶּבֶר ׳לְר Judges 5:30 for the head of a man, i.e. for each man, per capita; woman 2 Kings 9:30; Deuteronomy 21:12; Numbers 5:18; Esther 2:17; boy 2 Kings 4:19 (twice in verse); Genesis 48:14 (twice in verse) +; of ׳י, under figure of armed man Psalm 60:9 = Psalm 108:9; of idol 1 Samuel 5:4; of gates, personified Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:9. b. head, of animals: of serpent Genesis 3:15, dog 2 Samuel 3:8, ass 2 Kings 6:25, of הַחַיָּה in Ezekiel 1:22 compare Ezekiel 1:22; Ezekiel 1:26, of הַכְּרֻבִים Ezekiel 10:1 compare Ezekiel 10:11; of sea-monsters, לִוְיָתָן Job 40:31; Psalm 74:14, תַּנִּינִים Psalm 74:13; especially of animals for sacrifice Exodus 12:9; Exodus 29:15,19; Leviticus 1:4,8,12,15; Leviticus 3:2,8 18t. P; in phrase וְזָנָב ׳ר Isaiah 9:13 (figurative of noble and commoner) compare Isaiah 9:14; Isaiah 19:15, so (figurative of relative dignity, power, influence) Deuteronomy 28:13,44. 2. a. top (88 t.): of mountain, הַר, Genesis 8:5; Exodus 19:20 (twice in verse); Exodus 24:17; Exodus 34:2 34t.; hill, גִּבְעָה, Exodus 17:9,10 (E), 2 Samuel 8:25; מְרוֺמִים ׳ר Proverbs 8:2 + Proverbs 1:21 Toy (for ᵑ0 הֹמִיּוֺת), גֵּיא ׳ר שְׁמָנִים Isaiah 28:1,4; of rocks, צֻרִים, Numbers 23:9 (JE), crag, סֶלַע, 2 Chronicles 25:12 (twice in verse); tower Genesis 11:4 (J), stronghold Judges 6:26, ladder Genesis 28:12 (E), tree 2 Samuel 5:24 = 1 Chronicles 14:15, bough Isaiah 17:6 compare Ezekiel 17:4,22, mast (?; חִבֵּל) Proverbs 23:34 (otherwise Toy); of ears of grain, שִׁבֹּלֶת Job 24:24, of stone Genesis 28:18 (E), bed, מִטָּה, Genesis 47:31 (J), throne, עָגוֺל לַכִּסֵּה׳ר 1 Kings 10:19, tabernacle, or its wall, Exodus 26:24 = Exodus 36:29 (P); pillar ( =capital) 1 Kings 7:16,17 + 13: t., מְכוֺנָה 1 Kings 7:35; 1 Kings 7:35, lampstand Zechariah 4:2 (twice in verse), high priest's robe, מְעִיל, Exodus 28:32 (P), מִּנָּה ׳ר Psalm 118:22 top of (the) corner, i.e. most conspicuous stone (figurative); = tip, end, of staves 1 Kings 8:8= 2Chronicles 5:9, of sceptre Esther 5:2. b. height of stars Job 22:12 ("" גֹּבַהּ שָׁמַיִם). 3: 171 a. head = chief (man) Judges 10:18; Judges 11:8,9,11; Exodus 18:25 (E), Numbers 1:16 (P), Deuteronomy 1:15; Hosea 2:2; Micah 3:1 + often; apparently combined with idea of first in a series 1 Chronicles 12:10. (van d. H. v.1 Chronicles 12:9, series of 11); of God 2 Chronicles 13:12. b. = chief (city) Joshua 11:10 (D), compare (of city and king) Isaiah 7:3,8,9 (twice in verse). c. chief nation Jeremiah 31:7. d. =chief (place, position) 1 Samuel 9:22; 1 Kings 21:9,12; Deuteronomy 20:9; 1 Chronicles 4:42 (compare also 5). e. הָראֹשׁ chief priest 2 Kings 25:18= Jeremiah 52:24; 2Chronicles 19:11; 24:11; 26:20, הַכֹּחֵן ראֹשׁ 1 Chronicles 27:5, ׳הָר ׳הַכּ2Chronicles 31:10; Ezra 7:5; ׳י alone 2 Chronicles 24:6; רָאשֵׁי הַכֹּהֲנִים Nehemiah 12:7. f. especially = head of a family (P Chronicles); רָאשֵׁי בֵּית (rare ראֹשׁ) אֲבוֺתָ (םׅ) Exodus 6:14; Numbers 7:2; Numbers 17:18; Joshua 22:14; 1 Chronicles 5:24; 1 Chronicles 7:7,9; בֵּית הָאָבוֺת ׳ר 1 Chronicles 7:40; לְבֵית אֲבֹתָיו ׳ר Numbers 1:4, compare 1 Chronicles 5:15,24; 1 Chronicles 7:2; 1 Chronicles 9:13; 1 Chronicles 24:4; אֻמּוֺת בַּיתאָֿב ׳ר Numbers 25:15; אֲבוֺת ׳ר הָעַדָה Numbers 31:26; compare Numbers 32:28; Joshua 14:1; Joshua 21:1; אֲבוֺת הַלְוִיִּם ׳ר Exodus 6:25; Joshua 21:1; (הָ)אָבוֺת לַלְּוִיִם ׳ר 1 Chronicles 9:33,34; 1 Chronicles 15:12, compare Numbers 36:1; Joshua 19:51; 1 Chronicles 8:6,13; 1 Chronicles 23:9,24 10t. Chronicles; absolute ׳ר (הָ)אָבוֺת 1 Chronicles 8:10,28; 1 Chronicles 9:9; 1 Chronicles 26:32; 1 Chronicles 27:1; 2Chronicles 1:2 8t. Ezra Nehemiah (Chronicles); אֲכֹתֵיהֶם ׳ר Ezra 8:1; רָאשִׁים לְאָכוֺת Nehemiah 11:13; so also ׳י alone 1 Chronicles 5:7,12; 1 Chronicles 7:3; 1 Chronicles 8:28 +; apparently combined with idea of first in a series 1 Chronicles 23:8 (series of 3), 1 Chronicles 23:11 (of 4), 1 Chronicles 23:19 (of 3), 1 Chronicles 23:20 (of 2). 4. a. head=front, leader's place Micah 2:13; 2Chronicles 20:27, compare Amos 6:7. b. of time, beginning, of night-watch Judges 7:19; Lamentations 2:19; absolute מֵראֹשׁ from the beginning Isaiah 40:21; Isaiah 41:4,26 ("" מִלְּפָנִים), Isaiah 48:16; Proverbs 8:23 ("" מֵעוֺלָם),. Ecclesiastes 3:11 ("" עַדסֿוֺף); first of months Exodus 12:2 ("" רִאשׁוֺן), Numbers 10:10; Numbers 28:11 (all P); בָּראֹשׁ 1 Chronicles 16:7 at first. c. of things, river-heads Genesis 2:10 (J); עַפְרוֺת תֵּכֵל ׳5 chief, choicest, best, of spices, כשׂמ(יםׅ, Ezekiel 27:22; Exodus 30:23 (P), Songs 4:14; שִׂמְחָתִי ׳ר Psalm 137:6 the choicest of my joy. 6 head = division of army, company, band : Judges 7:16,20; Judges 9:34,37,43,44 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Samuel 13:17 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 13:18 (twice in verse) Job 1:17. 7 =sum, especially in phrase ׳בְּנֵייִֿשׂ ׳נָשָׂא אֶתרֿ Exodus 30:12take the sum of, enumerate, compare Numbers 1:2,49; Numbers 4:2,22; Numbers 26:2; Numbers 31:26,49; בְּראֹשׁוֺ Leviticus 5:24 in its sum, i.e. in full, so Numbers 5:7 (all P); of ׳יs thoughts Psalm 139:17; compare ראֹשׁ דְּבָֽרְךָ אֱמֶתPsalm 119:160. 8 other phrase are : ׳נָשָׂא אֶתרֿאֹשׁ פ see נָשָׂא Qal 1 b (2); יָרוּם ראֹשִׁי עַלאֹֿיְבַי Psalm 27:6, מֵרִים ראֹשִׁי ׳י Psalm 3:4 (Psalm 110:7; 140:10 see רום); shake the head, see נוּעַ Hiph`il, compare יָנִיד בְּראֹשׁוֺ Jeremiah 8:16, מְנוֺד ראֹשׁ Psalm 44:15; נָתַן דֶּרֶךְ בְּראֹשׁ, i.e. requite, see נתן Qal 2 b near the end; יָשׁוּב גְּמֻלְךָ ׳בְּר Obadiah 15, compare Psalm 7:17; 1 Kings 2:33 (below דָּם 2i and (with ׳עַלרֿ) Esther 9:25, הֵשִׁיב רָעָה בְּראֹשׁ Judges 9:57; 1 Samuel 25:39; 1 Kings 2:44, compare Joel 1 Kings 4:4,7; 1 Kings 2:32 (sub דָּם 2i, compare Nehemiah 3:36 (אֶלרֿאֹשָׁם), see also 2 Samuel 3:29 below 1. חוּל 3; see, further, דָּם 2i; Daniel 1:10 see חוּב Pi`el
Strong's band, captain, company, From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) -- band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top. |
