Mᵉraʼăshâh — H4763

Definition

feminine noun

properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow)

1. n f
2. place at the head, dominion, head place
3. adv
4. at head place

Usually translated as

bolster, head, pillow

Origin

formed like H4761

• Marʼâshâh (H4761)

Greek equivalents

• kephalḗ (G2776)

Occurrences

Mᵉraʼăshâh occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), 1 Samuel (6), 1 Kings (1)

• Genesis 28:11 — And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows (מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו), and lay down in that place to sleep.
• Genesis 28:18 — And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows (מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֔יו), and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
• 1 Samuel 19:13 — And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster (מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו), and covered it with a cloth.
• 1 Samuel 19:16 — And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster (מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו).
• 1 Samuel 26:7 — So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster (מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו): but Abner and the people lay round about him.
• 1 Samuel 26:11 — The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster (מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו), and the cruse of water, and let us go.
• 1 Samuel 26:12 — So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
• 1 Samuel 26:16 — This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD’s anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster (מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו).
• 1 Kings 19:6 — And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head (מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו). And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.