Strong's H7218

רֹאשׁ

Transliteration

rôʼsh

Pronunciation

roshe

Definition

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

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.

Derivation

from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.