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

1 Chronicles 23:20 - Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, H7218 and Jesiah the second.

1 Chronicles 23:24 - These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief H7218 of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

1 Chronicles 24:4 - And there were more chief H7218 men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men H7218 of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.

1 Chronicles 24:6 - And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief H7218 of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:21 - Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first H7218 was Isshiah.

1 Chronicles 24:31 - These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief H7218 of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal H7218 fathers over against their younger brethren.

1 Chronicles 26:10 - Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, H7218 (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;) H7218

1 Chronicles 26:12 - Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief H7218 men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 26:21 - As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief H7218 fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.

1 Chronicles 26:26 - Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief H7218 fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

1 Chronicles 26:31 - Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, H7218 even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 26:32 - And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief H7218 fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.

1 Chronicles 27:1 - Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief H7218 fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chronicles 27:3 - Of the children of Perez was the chief H7218 of all the captains of the host for the first month.

1 Chronicles 27:5 - The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief H7218 priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chronicles 29:11 - Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head H7218 above all.

2 Chronicles 1:2 - Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief H7218 of the fathers.

2 Chronicles 3:15 - Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top H7218 of each of them was five cubits.

2 Chronicles 3:16 - And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads H7218 of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.

2 Chronicles 4:12 - To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top H7218 of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top H7218 of the pillars;

2 Chronicles 5:2 - Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads H7218 of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

2 Chronicles 5:9 - And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends H7218 of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

2 Chronicles 6:23 - Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; H7218 and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

2 Chronicles 11:22 - And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, H7218 to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

2 Chronicles 13:12 - And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, H7218 and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

2 Chronicles 19:8 - Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief H7218 of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 19:11 - And, behold, Amariah the chief H7218 priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.

2 Chronicles 20:27 - Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront H7218 of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

2 Chronicles 23:2 - And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief H7218 of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 24:6 - And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, H7218 and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

2 Chronicles 24:11 - Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high H7218 priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

2 Chronicles 25:12 - And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top H7218 of the rock, and cast them down from the top H7218 of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

2 Chronicles 26:12 - The whole number of the chief H7218 of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.

2 Chronicles 26:20 - And Azariah the chief H7218 priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.

2 Chronicles 28:12 - Then certain of the heads H7218 of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,

2 Chronicles 31:10 - And Azariah the chief H7218 priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

Ezra 1:5 - Then rose up the chief H7218 of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 2:68 - And some of the chief H7218 of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

Ezra 3:12 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief H7218 of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

Ezra 4:2 - Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief H7218 of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

Ezra 4:3 - But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief H7218 of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

Ezra 7:5 - The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief H7218 priest:

Ezra 7:28 - And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men H7218 to go up with me.

Ezra 8:1 - These are now the chief H7218 of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

Ezra 8:16 - Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; H7218 also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

Ezra 8:17 - And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief H7218 at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

Ezra 9:3 - And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head H7218 and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

Ezra 9:6 - And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, H7218 and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

Ezra 10:16 - And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief H7218 of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

Nehemiah 4:4 - Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, H7218 and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: