Strong's #7218: ro'sh (pronounced roshe)
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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rô'sh
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
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
Usage:
This word is used 598 times:
1 Kings 7:22: "And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished."
1 Kings 7:35: " And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on"
1 Kings 7:35: "a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of"
1 Kings 7:41: "of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks,"
1 Kings 7:41: "of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;"
1 Kings 8:1: "of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children"
1 Kings 8:8: "And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before"
1 Kings 8:32: "the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness."
1 Kings 10:19: "The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind:"
1 Kings 18:42: "And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put"
1 Kings 20:31: "sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel:"
1 Kings 20:32: "sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel,"
1 Kings 21:9: "and set Naboth on high among the people:"
1 Kings 21:12: "and set Naboth on high among the people."
2 Kings 1:9: "him: and, behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke unto him, Thou man"
2 Kings 2:3: "thy master from thy head today? And he said, Yea,"
2 Kings 2:5: "thy master from thy head today? And he answered, Yea,"
2 Kings 4:19: "And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad,"
2 Kings 4:19: "unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry"
2 Kings 6:25: "they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver,"
2 Kings 6:31: "and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand"
2 Kings 6:32: "of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh,"
2 Kings 9:3: "of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD,"
2 Kings 9:6: "and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD"
2 Kings 9:30: "of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window."
2 Kings 10:6: "unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come"
2 Kings 10:7: "persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel."
2 Kings 10:8: "and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay"
2 Kings 19:21: "the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at"
2 Kings 25:18: "took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest,"
2 Kings 25:27: "in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah"
1 Chronicles 4:42: "went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel,"
1 Chronicles 5:7: "by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,"
1 Chronicles 5:12: "Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan."
1 Chronicles 5:15: "of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers."
1 Chronicles 5:24: "And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel,"
1 Chronicles 5:24: "of valor, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers."
1 Chronicles 7:2: "and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men"
1 Chronicles 7:3: "Ishiah, five: all of them chief"
1 Chronicles 7:7: "and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor;"
1 Chronicles 7:9: "And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor,"
1 Chronicles 7:11: "these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valor, were seventeen"
1 Chronicles 7:40: "these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men"
1 Chronicles 7:40: "choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war"
1 Chronicles 8:6: "are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed"
1 Chronicles 8:10: "and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers."
1 Chronicles 8:13: "Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who"
1 Chronicles 8:28: "These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem."
1 Chronicles 8:28: "were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem."
1 Chronicles 9:9: "All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers."
