Hebrew word

rôʼsh

roshe

רֹאשׁ

What it means

the head, whether literal or figurative

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

Where it comes from

from an unused root apparently meaning to shake

How the King James translates it

head238
chief91
heads77
top65
beginning12
tops8
sum8
captains6

Every place it appears 559

Genesis3:15 8:5 11:4 28:12 40:13 40:19 40:20 48:14 48:17 49:26

Exodus6:14 6:25 12:2 12:9 17:9 17:10 18:25 19:20 24:17 26:24 28:32 29:6 29:7 29:10 29:15 29:19 30:12 30:23 34:2 36:29 36:38 38:17 38:19 38:28

Leviticus1:4 1:8 1:12 1:15 3:2 3:8 3:13 4:4 4:11 4:15 4:24 4:29 4:33 5:8 6:5 8:9 8:12 8:14 8:18 8:20 8:22 9:13 10:6 13:12 13:29 13:30 13:40 13:41 13:45 14:9 14:18 14:29 16:21 19:27 21:5 21:10 24:14

Numbers1:2 1:4 1:16 1:49 4:2 4:22 5:7 5:18 6:5 6:9 6:11 6:18 7:2 8:12 10:4 10:10 13:3 14:4 14:40 14:44 17:3 20:28 21:20 23:9 23:14 23:28 25:4 25:15 26:2 28:11 30:1 31:26 31:49 32:28 36:1

Deuteronomy1:15 3:27 5:23 20:9 21:12 28:13 28:23 28:44 29:10 32:42 33:5 33:15 33:16 33:21 34:1

Joshua2:19 11:10 14:1 15:8 15:9 19:51 21:1 22:14 22:21 22:30 23:2 24:1

Judges5:26 5:30 6:26 7:16 7:19 7:20 7:25 8:28 9:7 9:25 9:36 9:37 9:43 9:44 9:53 9:57 10:18 11:8 11:11 13:5 16:3 16:13 16:17 16:19 16:22

1 Samuel1:11 4:12 5:4 9:22 10:1 11:11 13:17 13:18 14:45 15:17 17:5 17:38 17:46 17:51 17:54 17:57 25:39 26:13 28:2 29:4 31:9

2 Samuel1:2 1:10 1:16 2:16 2:25 3:8 3:29 4:7 4:8 4:12 5:24 12:30 13:19 14:26 15:30 15:32 16:1 16:9 18:9 20:21 20:22 22:44 23:8 23:13 23:18

1 Kings2:32 2:33 2:37 2:44 7:16 7:17 7:18 7:19 7:22 7:35 7:41 8:1 8:8 8:32 10:19 18:42 20:31 20:32 21:9 21:12

2 Kings1:9 2:3 2:5 4:19 6:25 6:31 6:32 9:3 9:6 9:30 10:6 10:7 10:8 19:21 25:18 25:27

1 Chronicles4:42 5:7 5:12 5:15 5:24 7:2 7:3 7:7 7:9 7:11 7:40 8:6 8:10 8:13 8:28 9:9 9:13 9:17 9:33 9:34 10:9 11:6 11:10 11:11 11:15 11:20 11:42 12:3 12:9 12:14 12:18 12:19 12:20 12:23 12:32 14:15 15:12 16:5 16:7 20:2 23:8 23:9 23:11 23:16 23:17 23:18 23:19 23:20 23:24 24:4 24:6 24:21 24:31 26:10 26:12 26:21 26:26 26:31 26:32 27:1 27:3 27:5 29:11

2 Chronicles1:2 3:15 3:16 4:12 5:2 5:9 6:23 11:22 13:12 19:8 19:11 20:27 23:2 24:6 24:11 25:12 26:12 26:20 28:12 31:10

Ezra1:5 2:68 3:12 4:2 4:3 7:5 7:28 8:1 8:16 8:17 9:3 9:6 10:16

Nehemiah4:4 7:70 7:71 8:13 9:17 10:14 11:3 11:13 11:16 11:17 12:7 12:12 12:22 12:23 12:24 12:46

Esther2:17 5:2 6:12 9:25

Job1:17 1:20 2:12 10:15 12:24 16:4 20:6 22:12 24:24 29:3 29:25 41:7

Psalms7:16 18:43 23:5 24:7 24:9 27:6 38:4 40:12 44:14 60:7 66:12 68:21 69:4 72:16 74:13 74:14 108:8 110:6 118:22 119:160 133:2 137:6 140:7 140:9 141:5

Proverbs1:9 1:21 4:9 8:2 8:23 8:26 10:6 11:26 13:23 23:34 25:22

Ecclesiastes2:14 3:11 9:8

Song of Solomon2:6 4:8 4:14 5:2 5:11 7:5 8:3

Isaiah1:5 1:6 2:2 7:8 7:9 7:20 9:14 9:15 15:2 17:6 19:15 28:1 28:4 29:10 30:17 35:10 37:22 40:21 41:4 41:26 42:11 48:16 51:11 51:20 58:5 59:17

Jeremiah2:37 9:1 13:21 22:6 23:19 30:23 31:7 48:37 52:24 52:31

Lamentations1:5 2:10 2:15 2:19 3:54 4:1 5:16

Ezekiel1:22 1:25 1:26 5:1 6:13 8:3 10:1 10:11 11:21 13:18 16:25 16:31 16:43 17:4 17:22 21:19 21:21 22:31 23:15 24:23 27:22 27:30 29:18 32:27 38:2 38:3 39:1 40:1 42:12 43:12 44:18 44:20

Daniel1:10

Hosea1:11 4:13

Joel2:5

Amos1:2 2:7 6:7 8:10 9:1 9:3

Jonah4:6 4:8

Micah3:1 3:9 3:11 4:1

Nahum3:10

Habakkuk3:13 3:14

Zechariah1:21 3:5 4:2 6:11