Strong's Hebrew · H7218
H7218 rôʼsh
רֹאשׁ
roshe
head
rôʼsh appears 598 times in Scripture, including Genesis 2:10 and Exodus 19:20. 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
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
In the King James Version
band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, × every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), × lead, × poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Derivation
from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;
Appears 598 times in Scripture
“The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,”
“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,”
“Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.””
““Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.””
“Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:”
“And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.”
“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.””
“Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.”
“And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.”
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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).
