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רֹאשׁ

rosh

H7218 · Hebrew / Aramaic

(910c); from a prim. root; head:--

LSB renderings

beginning(9), beheaded*(1), best(1), best things(1), bodyguard*(1), census(7), chief(33), chief man(1), chief men(5), chiefs(7), companies(9), company(5), distant(1), ends(2), every(1), faced*(1), finest(2), first(13), full(1), hair(1), head(269), heads(137), heads of the fathers' households of the congregation take a count(1), in full(1), laughingstock*(1), leader(1), leaders(1), masters(1), ridge(2), rivers(1), sum(2), summit(3), top(55), topmost(2), topmost*(1), tops(14).

Occurs in 38 versesrendered “chief” · Show all renderings

  • 2 Sam 23:8These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains, he was called Adino the Eznite, because of eight hundred slain by him at one time;
  • 2 Sam 23:13Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, while the troop of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.
  • 2 Sam 23:18Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred who were slain by him; and he had a name as well as the three.
  • 2 Kgs 25:18Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three doorkeepers of the temple.
  • 1 Chr 5:7His relatives by their families, in the genealogy of their generations, were Jeiel the chief, then Zechariah,
  • 1 Chr 5:12Joel was the chief and Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.
  • 1 Chr 7:3The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; all five of them were chief men.
  • 1 Chr 9:17Now the gatekeepers were Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their relatives (Shallum the chief
  • 1 Chr 11:6And David said, “Whoever strikes down a Jebusite first shall be chief and commander.” Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became chief.
  • 1 Chr 11:11These constitute the list of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
  • 1 Chr 11:15Then three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam, while the camp of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.
  • 1 Chr 11:20Now Abshai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred who were slain by him; and he had a name as well as the thirty.
  • 1 Chr 11:42Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
  • 1 Chr 12:3The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite,
  • 1 Chr 12:18And the Spirit clothed Amasai, who was the chief of the thirty, and he said, We are yours, O David,And with you, O son of Jesse!Peace, peace to you,And peace to him who helps you;Indeed, your God helps you!” Then David received them and made them chiefs of the band.
  • 1 Chr 16:5Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with musical instruments, harps, lyres; also Asaph played loud-sounding cymbals,
  • 1 Chr 23:16The son of Gershom was Shebuel the chief.
  • 1 Chr 23:17The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
  • 1 Chr 23:18The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.
  • 1 Chr 24:4And more chief men were found from the sons of Eleazar than the sons of Ithamar, so they divided them thus: there were sixteen heads of fathers’ households of the sons of Eleazar and eight of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers’ households.
  • 1 Chr 26:12To these divisions of the gatekeepers, the chief men, were given responsibilities like their relatives to minister in the house of Yahweh.
  • 1 Chr 26:31As for the Hebronites, Jerijah the chief (these Hebronites were investigated according to their generations and fathers’ households, in the fortieth year of David’s reign, and mighty men of valor were found among them at Jazer of Gilead)
  • 1 Chr 27:3He was from the sons of Perez, and was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month.
  • 1 Chr 27:5The third commander of the army for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, as chief; and in his division were 24,000.
  • 2 Chr 19:11And behold, Amariah the chief priest will be over you in all that pertains to Yahweh, and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. Also the Levites shall be officers before you. Be strong and act, and Yahweh be with the one who is good.”
  • 2 Chr 24:6So the king called for Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the levy fixed by Moses the servant of Yahweh on the congregation of Israel for the tent of the testimony?”
  • 2 Chr 24:11Now it happened that whenever the chest was brought in to the king’s officer by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, then the king’s scribe and the chief priest’s officer would come, empty the chest, take it, and return it to its place. Thus they did daily and collected much money.
  • 2 Chr 26:20And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous on his forehead; and they hurried him out of there, and he himself also hastened to get out because Yahweh had smitten him.
  • 2 Chr 31:10And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok said to him, “Since the contributions began to be brought into the house of Yahweh, there has been much to eat and be satisfied with and have left over, for Yahweh has blessed His people, and this great quantity is left over.”
  • Ezra 7:5son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the chief priest.
  • Ezra 7:28and has extended lovingkindness to me before the king and his counselors and before all the king’s mighty princes. Thus I was strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God upon me, and I gathered chief men from Israel to go up with me.
  • Ezra 8:16So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, chief men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, teachers.
  • Ezra 8:17I sent them out to Iddo the chief man at the place Casiphia; and I put words in their mouths to say to Iddo and his brothers, the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that is, to bring ministers to us for the house of our God.
  • Neh 9:17They refused to listen,And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You did among them;So they became stiff-necked and gave themselves a chief to return to their slavery in Egypt.But You are a God of lavish forgiveness,Gracious and compassionate,Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;And You did not forsake them.
  • Neh 11:17and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief in beginning the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his relatives; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
  • Psalm 118:22The stone which the builders rejectedHas become the chief corner stone.
  • Psalm 137:6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouthIf I do not remember you,If I do not exalt JerusalemAbove my chief joy.
  • Jer 52:24Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three doorkeepers of the temple.