Strong's H7218
רֹאשׁ
- Language:
- Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)
Definition
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Derivation
from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, רֹאשׁ is translated as: 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..
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.