מְרַאֲשָׁה mᵉraʼăshâh

Hebrew · Strong's H4763 · pronounced mer-ah-ash-aw' · used 8 times in 8 verses

Meaning

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);

Genesis 28:11 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.
Genesis 28:18 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,
1 Samuel 19:13 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.
1 Samuel 19:16 And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the goat hair on its head.
1 Samuel 26:7 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.
1 Samuel 26:11 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.”
1 Samuel 26:16 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?”
1 Kings 19:6 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.