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Lexicon :: Strong's H4763 - mᵊra'ăšôṯ

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מְרַאֲשׁוֹת
Transliteration
mᵊra'ăšôṯ
Pronunciation
mer-ah-ash-aw'
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Part of Speech
adverb, feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2097f

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: מראשות (Gesenius) מראשה (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

מְרַאֲשָׁה mᵉraʼăshâh, mer-ah-ash-aw'; formed like H4761; properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow):—bolster, head, pillow. Compare H4772.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H4763 in the following manner: bolster (5x), pillow (2x), at his head (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H4763 in the following manner: bolster (5x), pillow (2x), at his head (1x).
feminine noun

  1. place at the head, dominion, head place

    adverb

  2. at head place

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְרַאֲשָׁה mᵉraʼăshâh, mer-ah-ash-aw'; formed like H4761; properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow):—bolster, head, pillow. Compare H4772.
STRONGS H4763: Abbreviations
† [מְרַאֲשׁוֺת] noun [feminine] plural denominative place at the head, head-place; — only suffix מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו as adverb at his head-place (of one lying down) Genesis 28:11, Genesis 28:18 (E), 1 Samuel 19:13, 1 Samuel 19:16; 1 Kings 19:6; so Qr 1 Samuel 26:7, 1 Samuel 26:11, 1 Samuel 26:16; (Kt מראשׁתו); in [H7226 1 Samuel 26:12] read מִמְּרַאֲשֹׁתָיו Greek Version of the LXX. We Dr HPS, for MT מֵרַאֲשֹׁתֵי שָׁאוּל; מַרְאֲשׁוֺתֵיכֶם [H4761 Jeremiah 13:18] (head-tires AVm RV), read מַרְאשֵׁיכֶם, from your heads, Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Targum Gie Buhl CoHpt (compare, already, Thes).

See related BDB entry H7226.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

28:11; 28:18

1 Samuel

19:13; 19:16; 26:7; 26:11; 26:16

1 Kings

19:6

H4763

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4763 matches the Hebrew מְרַאֲשׁוֹת (mᵊra'ăšôṯ),
which occurs 11 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:13 - Then Michal took a household idol and put it on the bed. She put a quilt made of goat's hair over its head and then covered the idol with a garment.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:16 - When the messengers came, they found only the idol on the bed and the quilt made of goat's hair at its head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abishai approached the army at night and found Saul lying asleep in the entrenchment with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. Abner and the army were lying all around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - But may the LORD prevent me from extending my hand against the LORD's chosen one! Now take the spear by Saul's head and the jug of water, and let's get out of here!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - This failure on your part isn't good! As surely as the LORD lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the LORD's chosen one, are as good as dead! Now look where the king's spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:6 - He looked and right there by his head was a cake baking on hot coals and a jug of water. He ate and drank and then slept some more.
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