Usually translated as
head, chief, top, beginning, sum, first, company, principal, captain, high, excellent, forefront, height, highest part, lead, band, chapiter, chiefest place, end, every, behead, poor, ruler
Occurrences
Rôʼsh occurs 597 times in 546 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (16), Exodus (25), Leviticus (38), Numbers (36), Deuteronomy (16), Joshua (12), Judges (27), 1 Samuel (21), 2 Samuel (25), 1 Kings (20), 2 Kings (16), 1 Chronicles (63), 2 Chronicles (20), Ezra (13), Nehemiah (16), Esther (5), Job (13), Psalms (32), Proverbs (10), Ecclesiastes (3), Song of Songs (7), Isaiah (26), Jeremiah (13), Lamentations (7), Ezekiel (38), Daniel (1), Hosea (2), Joel (3), Amos (6), Obadiah (1), Jonah (3), Micah (5), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (2), Zechariah (4)
- Genesis 2:10 — And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads (רָאשִֽׁים).
- Genesis 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head (רֹ֔אשׁ), and thou shalt bruise his heel.
- Genesis 8:5 — And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops (רָאשֵׁ֥י) of the mountains seen.
- Genesis 11:4 — And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top (וְרֹאשׁ֣וֹ) may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
- Genesis 28:12 — And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top (וְרֹאשׁ֖וֹ) of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
- Genesis 28:18 — And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top (רֹאשָֽׁהּ) of it.
- Genesis 40:13 — Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head (רֹאשֶׁ֔ךָ), and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
- Genesis 40:16 — When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head (רֹאשִֽׁי):
- Genesis 40:17 — And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head (רֹאשִֽׁי).
- Genesis 40:19 — Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head (רֹֽאשְׁךָ֙) from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
- Genesis 40:20 — And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head (רֹ֣אשׁ) of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
- Genesis 47:31 — And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed’s head (רֹ֥אשׁ).
- Genesis 48:14 — And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head (רֹ֤אשׁ), who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
- Genesis 48:14 — And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head (רֹ֣אשׁ), guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
- Genesis 48:17 — And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head (רֹ֥אשׁ) of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
- Genesis 48:17 — And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head (רֹאשׁ) unto Manasseh’s head.
- Genesis 48:17 — And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head (רֹ֥אשׁ).
- Genesis 48:18 — And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head (רֹאשֽׁוֹ).
- Genesis 49:26 — The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head (לְרֹ֣אשׁ) of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
- Exodus 6:14 — These be the heads (רָאשֵׁ֣י) of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.
- Exodus 6:25 — And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads (רָאשֵׁ֛י) of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
- Exodus 12:2 — This month shall be unto you the beginning (רֹ֣אשׁ) of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
- Exodus 12:9 — Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head (רֹאשׁ֥וֹ) with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
- Exodus 17:9 — And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top (רֹ֣אשׁ) of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
- Exodus 17:10 — So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top (רֹ֥אשׁ) of the hill.
- Exodus 18:25 — And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads (רָאשִׁ֖ים) over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
- Exodus 19:20 — And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top (רֹ֣אשׁ) of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
- Exodus 19:20 — And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top (רֹ֥אשׁ) of the mount; and Moses went up.
- Exodus 24:17 — And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top (בְּרֹ֣אשׁ) of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 26:24 — And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head (רֹאשׁ֔וֹ) of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
- Exodus 28:32 — And there shall be an hole in the top (רֹאשׁ֖וֹ) of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
- Exodus 29:6 — And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head (רֹאשׁ֑וֹ), and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
- Exodus 29:7 — Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head (רֹאשׁ֑וֹ), and anoint him.
- Exodus 29:10 — And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head (רֹ֥אשׁ) of the bullock.
- Exodus 29:15 — Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head (רֹ֥אשׁ) of the ram.
- Exodus 29:17 — And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head (רֹאשֽׁוֹ).
- Exodus 29:19 — And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head (רֹ֥אשׁ) of the ram.
- Exodus 30:12 — When thou takest the sum (רֹ֥אשׁ) of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.
- Exodus 30:23 — Take thou also unto thee principal (רֹאשׁ֒) spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
- Exodus 34:2 — And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top (רֹ֥אשׁ) of the mount.
- Exodus 36:29 — And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head (רֹאשׁ֔וֹ) thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
- Exodus 36:38 — And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters (רָאשֵׁיהֶ֛ם) and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
- Exodus 38:17 — And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters (רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם) of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
- Exodus 38:19 — And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters (רָאשֵׁיהֶ֛ם) and their fillets of silver.
- Exodus 38:28 — And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters (רָאשֵׁיהֶ֖ם), and filleted them.
- Leviticus 1:4 — And he shall put his hand upon the head (רֹ֣אשׁ) of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
- Leviticus 1:8 — And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head (הָרֹ֖אשׁ), and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
- Leviticus 1:12 — And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head (רֹאשׁ֖וֹ) and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
- Leviticus 1:15 — And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head (רֹאשׁ֔וֹ), and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:
- Leviticus 3:2 — And he shall lay his hand upon the head (רֹ֣אשׁ) of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.