רֹאשׁ rôʼsh

Hebrew · Strong's H7218 · pronounced roshe · used 600 times in 548 verses

Meaning

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, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

Derivation: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;

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Where it is used

Nehemiah 12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
Nehemiah 12:12 In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families: of the family of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
Nehemiah 12:22 In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.
Nehemiah 12:23 As for the descendants of Levi, the family heads up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles.
Nehemiah 12:24 The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
Nehemiah 12:46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
Esther 2:17 And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
Esther 5:2 As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she found favor in his sight. The king extended the gold scepter in his hand toward Esther, and she approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
Esther 6:8 have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
Esther 6:12 Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
Esther 9:25 But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Job 1:17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Job 1:20 Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
Job 2:12 When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
Job 10:15 If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
Job 12:24 He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
Job 16:4 I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
Job 19:9 He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
Job 20:6 Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
Job 22:12 Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
Job 24:24 They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
Job 29:3 when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
Job 29:25 I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
Job 41:7 Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
Psalms 3:3 But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
Psalms 7:16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
Psalms 18:43 You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
Psalms 21:3 For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
Psalms 22:7 All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
Psalms 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Psalms 24:7 Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
Psalms 24:9 Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
Psalms 27:6 Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
Psalms 38:4 For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
Psalms 40:12 For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
Psalms 44:14 You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
Psalms 60:7 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
Psalms 66:12 You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.
Psalms 68:21 Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
Psalms 69:4 Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
Psalms 72:16 May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.
Psalms 74:13 You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;
Psalms 74:14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
Psalms 83:2 See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
Psalms 108:8 Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
Psalms 109:25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
Psalms 110:6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
Psalms 110:7 He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore He will lift up His head.
Psalms 118:22 The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
Psalms 119:160 The entirety of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
Psalms 133:2 It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.
Psalms 137:6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
Psalms 139:17 How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
Psalms 140:7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
Psalms 140:9 May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
Psalms 141:5 Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
Proverbs 1:9 For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
Proverbs 1:21 in the main concourse she cries aloud, at the city gates she makes her speech:
Proverbs 4:9 She will set a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of beauty.”
Proverbs 8:2 On the heights overlooking the road, at the crossroads she takes her stand.