Strong's Concordance H7218

Original Word: רֹאשׁ
Transliteration: rôʼsh
Phonetic Spelling: roshe
from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, × every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), × lead, × poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

Usages throughout the bible

Judges 7:25 - And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads H7218 of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.

Judges 8:28 - Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads H7218 no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.

Judges 9:7 - And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top H7218 of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

Judges 9:25 - And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top H7218 of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.

Judges 9:34 - And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. H7218

Judges 9:36 - And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top H7218 of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

Judges 9:37 - And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company H7218 come along by the plain of Meonenim.

Judges 9:43 - And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, H7218 and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.

Judges 9:44 - And Abimelech, and the company H7218 that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies H7218 ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.

Judges 9:53 - And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, H7218 and all to brake his skull.

Judges 9:57 - And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: H7218 and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

Judges 10:18 - And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head H7218 over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

Judges 11:8 - And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head H7218 over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

Judges 11:9 - And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head? H7218

Judges 11:11 - Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head H7218 and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.

Judges 13:5 - For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: H7218 for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

Judges 16:3 - And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top H7218 of an hill that is before Hebron.

Judges 16:13 - And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head H7218 with the web.

Judges 16:17 - That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; H7218 for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

Judges 16:19 - And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; H7218 and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

Judges 16:22 - Howbeit the hair of his head H7218 began to grow again after he was shaven.

1 Samuel 1:11 - And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. H7218

1 Samuel 4:12 - And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. H7218

1 Samuel 5:4 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head H7218 of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

1 Samuel 9:22 - And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest H7218 place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.

1 Samuel 10:1 - Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, H7218 and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?

1 Samuel 11:11 - And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; H7218 and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

1 Samuel 13:17 - And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: H7218 one company H7218 turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

1 Samuel 13:18 - And another company H7218 turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company H7218 turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

1 Samuel 14:45 - And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head H7218 fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

1 Samuel 15:17 - And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head H7218 of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

1 Samuel 17:5 - And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, H7218 and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

1 Samuel 17:38 - And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; H7218 also he armed him with a coat of mail.

1 Samuel 17:46 - This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head H7218 from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

1 Samuel 17:51 - Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head H7218 therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

1 Samuel 17:54 - And David took the head H7218 of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.

1 Samuel 17:57 - And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head H7218 of the Philistine in his hand.

1 Samuel 25:39 - And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. H7218 And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

1 Samuel 26:13 - Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top H7218 of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:

1 Samuel 28:2 - And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head H7218 for ever.

1 Samuel 29:4 - And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads H7218 of these men?

1 Samuel 31:9 - And they cut off his head, H7218 and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.

2 Samuel 1:2 - It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: H7218 and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.

2 Samuel 1:10 - So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, H7218 and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.

2 Samuel 1:16 - And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; H7218 for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.

2 Samuel 2:16 - And they caught every one his fellow by the head, H7218 and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:25 - And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top H7218 of an hill.

2 Samuel 3:8 - Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, H7218 which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

2 Samuel 3:29 - Let it rest on the head H7218 of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

2 Samuel 4:7 - For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, H7218 and gat them away through the plain all night.