רֹאשׁ

Strong’s Definition

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

Etymology & Derivation

from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;

KJV Usage

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.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
• 2.head (of man, animals)
• 3.top, tip (of mountain)
• 4.height (of stars)
• 5.chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
• 6.head, front, beginning
• 7.chief, choicest, best
• 8.head, division, company, band
• 9.sum

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: rôʼsh; Pronunciation: roshe