Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H7218: רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh) Definition

Strong's number
H7218
Lemma
רֹאשׁ
Transliteration
rôʼsh
Pronunciation
roshe
Strong's definition
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, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top. from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;

547 instances of the word רֹאשׁ rôʼsh (H7218)


  • Jeremiah 13:21 - What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee for thou hast taught them to be captains and as chief over thee shall not sorrows take thee as a woman in travail

  • Jeremiah 14:3 - And their nobles have sent their little ones no water they came to the pits and found no water they returned with their vessels empty they were ashamed and confounded and covered their heads

  • Jeremiah 14:4 - Because the ground is chapt for there was no rain in the earth were ashamed the plowmen they covered their heads

  • Jeremiah 18:16 - To make their land desolate hissing and a perpetual every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and wag his head

  • Jeremiah 22:6 - For thus saith the LORD house unto the king's of Judah Thou art Gilead unto me and the head of Lebanon yet surely I will make thee a wilderness and cities which are not inhabited

  • Jeremiah 23:19 - Behold a whirlwind of the LORD in fury is gone forth Behold a whirlwind even a grievous upon the head of the wicked even a grievous

  • Jeremiah 30:23 - Behold the whirlwind of the LORD with fury goeth forth Behold the whirlwind a continuing upon the head of the wicked it shall fall with pain

  • Jeremiah 31:7 - For thus saith O LORD Sing for Jacob with gladness and shout among the chief of the nations publish ye praise For thus saith save O LORD thy people the remnant of Israel

  • Jeremiah 48:37 - For every head shall be bald and every beard clipped upon all the hands shall be cuttings and upon the loins sackcloth

  • Jeremiah 52:24 - took And the captain of the guard Seraiah priest the chief and Zephaniah priest the second and the three keepers of the door

  • Jeremiah 52:31 - and thirtieth And it came to pass in the seven in the first year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah in the twelfth month and twentieth in the five month lifted up that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him forth out of prison

  • Job 1:17 - While he was yet speaking there came also another and said The Chaldeans made out three bands and fell upon the camels and have carried them away the servants yea and slain with the edge of the sword and I only am escaped alone to tell

  • Job 1:20 - arose Then Job and rent his mantle and shaved his head and fell down upon the ground and worshipped

  • Job 2:12 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off and knew And when they lifted up their voice and wept and they rent every one his mantle and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven

  • Job 10:15 - If I be wicked woe unto me and if I be righteous yet will I not lift up my head I am full of confusion thou mine affliction

  • Job 12:24 - He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way

  • Job 16:4 - I also could speak as ye do if were in my soul's in my soul's stead I could heap up words against you and shake at mine head

  • Job 19:9 - me of my glory He hath stripped and taken the crown from my head

  • Job 20:6 - mount up to the heavens Though his excellency and his head unto the clouds reach

  • Job 22:12 - Is not God in the height of heaven and behold the height of the stars how high