Hebrew word study
רֹאשׁ H7218
- Transliteration
- rôʼsh
- Pronunciation
- roshe
- KJV glosses
- 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.
Lexical summary
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information