7218a – רֹאשׁ (rosh)

head

Type:	Noun Noun   masc. ♂ masculine
Category:	Human  Human body  Head
Hebrew:	רֹאשׁ (rosh)
Pronunciation:	råsh    Listen
Gematria:	501(200 + 1 + 300)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
Usage:	596 times in OT

Description

1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning
1a) head (of man, animals)
1b) top, tip (of mountain)
1c) height (of stars)
1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)
1e) head, front, beginning
1f) chief, choicest, best
1g) head, division, company, band
1h) sum

Synonyms

רֹאשׁ	rosh	♂	H7218a	(596 ggr)	head
מִנְזָר	minzar	♂	H4502	(1 ggr)	prince
נָגִיד	nagid	♂	H5057	(44 ggr)	leader
נָסִיךְ	nasich	♂	H5257b	(4 ggr)	prince
נָשִׂיא	nasi	♂	H5387a	(130 ggr)	leader
סֶ֫רֶן	seren	♂	H5633a	(21 ggr)	lord
פְּקִדֻת	peqidot	♀	H6488	(1 ggr)	oversight
פֶּ֫רַע	pera	♂	H6546	(1 ggr)	leader
קָצִין	qatsin	♂	H7101	(12 ggr)	chief
רֹאשׁ	rosh	♂	H7218b	(3 ggr)	leader
רַב־סָרִיס	rav-saris	♂	H7249	(6 ggr)	Rab-Saris
רָזוֹן	razon	♂	H7333	(1 ggr)	prince
שָׁלִישׁ	shalish	♂	H7991c	(13 ggr)	officer
שַׂר	sar	♂	H8269	(421 ggr)	ruler

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with rosh as root:

מְרַאֲשָׁוֹת	meraashavot	H4761	head
רֹאשָׁה	roshah	H7222	top
רַאֲשֹׁת	raashot	H7226	head-place

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word rosh was translated to the following:

ἄκρον	akron	G0206	uttermost part
ἀνήρ	aner	G0435	man
ἄνθος	anthos	G0438	flower
ἀριθμός	arithmos	G0706	number
ἀρχαῖος	archaios	G0744	old
ἀρχή	arche	G0746	beginning
ἀρχηγός	archegos	G0747	prince
ἄρχω	archo	G0757	rule over
ἄρχων	archon	G0758	ruler
δανειστής	daneistes	G1157	creditor
ἡγέομαι	hegeomai	G2233	count
θυμός	thumos	G2372	wrath
κεφάλαιον	kephalaion	G2774	sum
κεφαλή	kephale	G2776	head
κεφαλίς	kephalis	G2777	volume
μέγας	megas	G3173	great
νουμηνία	noumenia, neomenia	G3561	new moon
πατριάρχης	patriarches	G3966	patriarch
πένης	penes	G3993	poor
πικρός	pikros	G4089	bitter
πρωτότοκος	prototokos	G4416	firstborn
χολή	chole	G5521	gall

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