Strong's Hebrew · H4763
H4763 mᵉraʼăshâh
מְרַאֲשָׁה
mer-ah-ash-aw'
head
Looking for Greek G4763 strēniáō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4763. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
mᵉraʼăshâh appears 8 times in Scripture, in Genesis, 1 Samuel and 1 Kings. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow)
In the King James Version
bolster, head, pillow. Compare H4772 (מַרְגְלָה).
Derivation
formed like H4761 (מַרְאָשָׁה);
Appears 8 times in Scripture
“But the LORD forbid that I should extend my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.””
“On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.”
“Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,”
“And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the goat hair on its head.”
“That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.”
“And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.”
“This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?””
“Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
