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Lexicon :: Strong's H7218 - rō'š

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רֹאשׁ
Transliteration
rō'š
Pronunciation
roshe
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root apparently meaning to shake
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TWOT Reference: 2097

Strong’s Definitions

רֹאשׁ rôʼsh, 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, etc.):—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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 598x

The KJV translates Strong's H7218 in the following manner: head (349x), chief (91x), top (73x), beginning (14x), company (12x), captain (10x), sum (9x), first (6x), principal (5x), chapiters (4x), rulers (2x), miscellaneous (23x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 598x
The KJV translates Strong's H7218 in the following manner: head (349x), chief (91x), top (73x), beginning (14x), company (12x), captain (10x), sum (9x), first (6x), principal (5x), chapiters (4x), rulers (2x), miscellaneous (23x).

  1. head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning

    1. head (of man, animals)

    2. top, tip (of mountain)

    3. height (of stars)

    4. chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)

    5. head, front, beginning

    6. chief, choicest, best

    7. head, division, company, band

    8. sum

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רֹאשׁ rôʼsh, 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, etc.):—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.
STRONGS H7218: Abbreviations
I. רֹאשׁ 599 noun masculineLeviticus 13:45 head (common Semitic word; earliest form *ra’š, Arabic bdb091005, Sabean ראס PräZMG xxix (1875). 425 MordtmHim. Inschr. 31; Ethiopic bdb091006 Aramharic bdb091007 hence (a heightened) Assyrian rêšu (rarely râšu), Aramaic רֵישָׁא (Egyptian Aramaic ראש CookeNorth-Semitic Inscr. 404), bdb091009, modern (Ma'lûla) raïša, HuartJAs xii (1878), 491 Duvalid. xiii (1879), 464; Palmyrene רשא, Lzb366, compare Biblical Hebrew רִישׁוֺן, רֵאשִׁית; from*ra'š, also Biblical Hebrew *רָאשׁ, ראֹשׁ (LagSymm. i. 113), Tel Amarna rušu(nu) Wkl189, 18 (gloss to ḳaḳḳadunu), Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; SI6 ראש, Phoenician רשׁ, ראש (in proper name), Punic rus (in proper name, of a location) SchrödPhoenician Spr. 133, ראשת choicest, chief; on MI20 (suffix) רשה, l.28 ש[ר], compare Sm. u. So14 NöLCB Jan. 8, 1887, 60); — ר׳ absolute Genesis 3:15 +, construct Genesis 40:20 +; suffix ראֹשִׁי Genesis 40:16 +, etc.; plural רָאשִׁים (for רְאָשִׁים֩ NöGGA 1884, 1019) Exodus 18:25 +; construct רָאשֵׁי Hosea 4:13 + [מֵרַאֲשֹׁתֵי H7226 1 Samuel 26:12 see H4763 מְרַאֲשׁוֺת below]; suffix רָאשֵׁינוּ 1 Chronicles 12:19 [1 Chronicles 12:18], רָאשֵׁיכֶם Isaiah 29:10 +, etc.; —
1.
a. (about + 230 times) head, of human being; man Genesis 40:16, Genesis 40:17. + often, גֶּבֶר לְר׳ Judges 5:30 for the head of a man, i.e. for each man, per capita; woman 2 Kings 9:30; Deuteronomy 21:12; Numbers 5:18; Esther 2:17; boy 2 Kings 4:19 (twice in verse); Genesis 48:14 (twice in verse) +; of י׳, under figure of armed man Psalm 60:9 [Psalm 60:7] = Psalm 108:9 [Psalm 108:8]; of idol 1 Samuel 5:4; of gates, personified Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:9.
b. head, of animals: of serpent Genesis 3:15, dog 2 Samuel 3:8, ass 2 Kings 6:25, of הַחַיָּה in Ezekiel 1:22 compare Ezekiel 1:22; Ezekiel 1:26, of הַכְּרֻבִים Ezekiel 10:1 compare Ezekiel 10:11; of sea-monsters, לִוְיָתָן Job 40:31 [Job 41:7]; Psalm 74:14, תַּנִּינִים Psalm 74:13; especially of animals for sacrifice Exodus 12:9; Exodus 29:15, Exodus 29:19; Leviticus 1:4, Leviticus 1:8, Leviticus 1:12, Leviticus 1:15; Leviticus 3:2, Leviticus 3:8 + 18 times P; in phrase וְזָנָב ר׳ Isaiah 9:13 [Isaiah 9:14] (figurative of noble and commoner) compare Isaiah 9:14 [Isaiah 9:15]; Isaiah 19:15 [Isaiah 19:16], so (figurative of relative dignity, power, influence) Deuteronomy 28:13, Deuteronomy 28:44.
2.
a. top (88 times): of mountain, הַר, Genesis 8:5; Exodus 19:20 (twice in verse); Exodus 24:17; Exodus 34:2 + 34 times; hill, גִּבְעָה, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10 (E), 2 Samuel 8:25; מְרוֺמִים ר׳ Proverbs 8:2 + Proverbs 1:21 Toy (for MT הֹמִיּוֺת), גֵּיא ר׳ שְׁמָנִים Isaiah 28:1, Isaiah 28:4; of rocks, צֻרִים, Numbers 23:9 (JE), crag, סֶלַע, 2 Chronicles 25:12 (twice in verse); tower Genesis 11:4 (J), stronghold Judges 6:26, ladder Genesis 28:12 (E), tree 2 Samuel 5:24 = 1 Chronicles 14:15, bough Isaiah 17:6 compare Ezekiel 17:4, Ezekiel 17:22, mast (?; חִבֵּל) Proverbs 23:34 (otherwise Toy); of ears of grain, שִׁבֹּלֶת Job 24:24, of stone Genesis 28:18 (E), bed, מִטָּה, Genesis 47:31 (J), throne, עָגוֺל לַכִּסֵּה ר׳ 1 Kings 10:19, tabernacle, or its wall, Exodus 26:24 = Exodus 36:29 (P); pillar (=capital) 1 Kings 7:16, 1 Kings 7:17 + 13 times, מְכוֺנָה 1 Kings 7:35; [twice in verse], lampstand Zechariah 4:2 (twice in verse), high priest's robe, מְעִיל, Exodus 28:32 (P), פִּנָּה ר׳ Psalm 118:22 top of (the) corner, i.e. most conspicuous stone (figurative); = tip, end, of staves 1 Kings 8:8 = 2 Chronicles 5:9, of sceptre Esther 5:2.
b. height of stars Job 22:12 (|| גֹּבַהּ שָׁמַיִם).
3. + 171 times
a. head = chief (man) Judges 10:18; Judges 11:8, Judges 11:9, Judges 11:11; Exodus 18:25 (E), Numbers 1:16 (P), Deuteronomy 1:15; Hosea 2:2 [Hosea 1:11]; Micah 3:1 + often; apparently combined with idea of first in a series 1 Chronicles 12:10 [1 Chronicles 12:9]. (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:9, series of 11); of God 2 Chronicles 13:12.
†b. = chief (city) Joshua 11:10 (D), compare (of city and king) Isaiah 7:8 (twice in verse), Isaiah 7:9 (twice in verse).
†c. chief nation Jeremiah 31:7.
†d. = chief (place, position) 1 Samuel 9:22; 1 Kings 21:9, 1 Kings 21:12; Deuteronomy 20:9; 1 Chronicles 4:42 (compare also 5).
e. הָראֹשׁ chief priest 2 Kings 25:18 = Jeremiah 52:24; 2 Chronicles 19:11; 2 Chronicles 24:11; 2 Chronicles 26:20, הַכֹּחֵן ראֹשׁ 1 Chronicles 27:5, הָר׳ הַכּ׳ 2 Chronicles 31:10; Ezra 7:5; י׳ alone 2 Chronicles 24:6; רָאשֵׁי הַכֹּהֲנִים Nehemiah 12:7.
f. especially = head of a family (P Chronicles); רָאשֵׁי בֵּית (rare ראֹשׁ) אֲבוֹתָ(ם) Exodus 6:14; Numbers 7:2; Numbers 17:18 [Numbers 17:3]; Joshua 22:14; 1 Chronicles 5:24; 1 Chronicles 7:7, 1 Chronicles 7:9; בֵּית הָאָבוֺת ר׳ 1 Chronicles 7:40; לְבֵית אֲבֹתָיו ר׳ Numbers 1:4, compare 1 Chronicles 5:15, 1 Chronicles 5:24; 1 Chronicles 7:2; 1 Chronicles 9:13; 1 Chronicles 24:4; אֻמּוֺת בַּיתאָֿב ר׳ Numbers 25:15; אֲבוֺת ר׳ הָעַדָה Numbers 31:26; compare Numbers 32:28; Joshua 14:1; Joshua 21:1; אֲבוֺת הַלְוִיִּם ר׳ Exodus 6:25; Joshua 21:1; (הָ)אָבוֺת לַלְּוִיִם ר׳ 1 Chronicles 9:33, 1 Chronicles 9:34; 1 Chronicles 15:12, compare Numbers 36:1; Joshua 19:51; 1 Chronicles 8:6, 1 Chronicles 8:13; 1 Chronicles 23:9, 1 Chronicles 23:24 + 10 times Chronicles; absolute ר׳ (הָ)אָבוֺת 1 Chronicles 8:10, 1 Chronicles 8:28; 1 Chronicles 9:9; 1 Chronicles 26:32; 1 Chronicles 27:1; 2 Chronicles 1:2 + 8 times Ezra Nehemiah (Chronicles); אֲכֹתֵיהֶם ר׳ Ezra 8:1; רָאשִׁים לְאָכוֺת Nehemiah 11:13; so also י׳ alone 1 Chronicles 5:7, 1 Chronicles 5:12; 1 Chronicles 7:3; 1 Chronicles 8:28 +; apparently combined with idea of first in a series 1 Chronicles 23:8 (series of 3), 1 Chronicles 23:11 (of 4), 1 Chronicles 23:19 (of 3), 1 Chronicles 23:20 (of 2).
†4.
a. head=front, leader's place Micah 2:13; 2 Chronicles 20:27, compare Amos 6:7.
b. of time, beginning, of night-watch Judges 7:19; Lamentations 2:19; absolute מֵראֹשׁ from the beginning Isaiah 40:21; Isaiah 41:4, Isaiah 41:26 (|| מִלְּפָנִים), Isaiah 48:16; Proverbs 8:23 (|| מֵעוֺלָם). Ecclesiastes 3:11 (|| עַדסֿוֺף); first of months Exodus 12:2 (|| רִאשׁוֺן), Numbers 10:10; Numbers 28:11 (all P); בָּראֹשׁ 1 Chronicles 16:7 at first.
c. of things, river-heads Genesis 2:10 (J); ר׳ עַפְרוֹח תֵּבֵל Proverbs 8:26.
5. chief, choicest, best, of spices, (כשׂמ(יםׅ, Ezekiel 27:22; Exodus 30:23 (P), Songs 4:14; שִׂמְחָתִי ר׳ Psalm 137:6 the choicest of my joy.
†6. head = division of army, company, band : Judges 7:16, Judges 7:20; Judges 9:34, Judges 9:37, Judges 9:43, Judges 9:44 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Samuel 13:17 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 13:18 (twice in verse) Job 1:17.
7. = sum, especially in phrase בְּנֵייִֿשׂ׳ נָשָׂא אֶתרֿ׳ Exodus 30:12 take the sum of, enumerate, compare Numbers 1:2, Numbers 1:49; Numbers 4:2, Numbers 4:22; Numbers 26:2; Numbers 31:26, Numbers 31:49; בְּראֹשׁוֺ Leviticus 5:24 [Leviticus 6:5] in its sum, i.e. in full, so Numbers 5:7 (all P); of י׳'s thoughts Psalm 139:17; compare ראֹשׁ דְּבָֽרְךָ אֱמֶת Psalm 119:160.
8. other phrase are : נָשָׂא אֶתרֿאֹשׁ פ׳ see נָשָׂא Qal 1 b (2); יָרוּם ראֹשִׁי עַלאֹֿיְבַי Psalm 27:6, מֵרִים ראֹשִׁי י׳ Psalm 3:4 [Psalm 3:3] (Psalm 110:7; Psalm 140:10 [Psalm 140:9] see רום); shake the head, see נוּעַ Hiph., compare יָנִיד בְּראֹשׁוֺ Jeremiah 8:16, מְנוֺד ראֹשׁ Psalm 44:15 [Psalm 44:14] נָתַן דֶּרֶךְ בְּראֹשׁ, i.e. requite, see נתן Qal 2 b near the end; יָשׁוּב גְּמֻלְךָ בְּר׳ Obadiah 15, compare Psalm 7:17 [Psalm 7:16]; 1 Kings 2:33 (below דָּם 2 i and (with עַלרֿ׳) Esther 9:25, הֵשִׁיב רָעָה בְּראֹשׁ Judges 9:57; 1 Samuel 25:39; 1 Kings 2:44, compare Joel 4:4 [Joel 3:4], Joel 4:7 [Joel 3:7]; 1 Kings 2:32 (sub דָּם 2 i, compare Nehemiah 3:36 [Nehemiah 4:4] (אֶלרֿאֹשָׁם), see also 2 Samuel 3:29 below 1. חוּל 3; see, further, דָּם 2 i; Daniel 1:10 see חוּב Pi..

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7217.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:10; 3:15; 3:15; 8:5; 11:4; 28:12; 28:18; 40:16; 40:16; 40:17; 40:20; 47:31; 48:14

Exodus

6:14; 6:25; 12:2; 12:9; 17:9; 17:10; 18:25; 18:25; 19:20; 24:17; 26:24; 28:32; 29:15; 29:19; 30:12; 30:23; 34:2; 36:29

Leviticus

1:4; 1:8; 1:12; 1:15; 3:2; 3:8; 6:5; 13:45

Numbers

1:2; 1:4; 1:16; 1:49; 4:2; 4:22; 5:7; 5:18; 7:2; 10:10; 17:3; 23:9; 25:15; 26:2; 28:11; 31:26; 31:26; 31:49; 32:28; 36:1

Deuteronomy

1:15; 20:9; 21:12; 28:13; 28:44

Joshua

11:10; 14:1; 19:51; 21:1; 21:1; 22:14

Judges

5:30; 6:26; 7:16; 7:19; 7:20; 9:34; 9:37; 9:43; 9:44; 9:57; 10:18; 11:8; 11:9; 11:11

1 Samuel

5:4; 9:22; 11:11; 13:17; 13:18; 25:39; 26:12

2 Samuel

3:8; 3:29; 5:24

1 Kings

2:32; 2:33; 2:44; 7; 7:16; 7:17; 8:8; 10:19; 21:9; 21:12

2 Kings

4:19; 6:25; 9:30; 25:18

1 Chronicles

4:42; 5:7; 5:12; 5:15; 5:24; 5:24; 7:2; 7:3; 7:7; 7:9; 7:40; 8:6; 8:10; 8:13; 8:28; 8:28; 9:9; 9:13; 9:33; 9:34; 12:9; 12:18; 14:15; 15:12; 16:7; 23:8; 23:9; 23:11; 23:19; 23:20; 23:24; 24:4; 26:32; 27:1; 27:5

2 Chronicles

1:2; 5:9; 13:12; 19:11; 20:27; 24:6; 24:11; 25:12; 26:20; 31:10

Ezra

7:5; 8:1

Nehemiah

4:4; 11:13; 12:7

Esther

2:17; 5:2; 9:25

Job

1:17; 22:12; 24:24; 41:7

Psalms

3:3; 7:16; 24:7; 24:9; 27:6; 44:14; 60:7; 74:13; 74:14; 108:8; 110:7; 118:22; 119:160; 137:6; 139:17; 140:9

Proverbs

1:21; 8:2; 8:23; 8:26; 23:34

Ecclesiastes

3:11

Song of Songs

4:14

Isaiah

7:8; 7:9; 9:14; 9:15; 17:6; 19:16; 28:1; 28:4; 29:10; 40:21; 41:4; 41:26; 48:16

Jeremiah

8:16; 31:7; 52:24

Lamentations

2:19

Ezekiel

1:22; 1:22; 1:26; 10:1; 10:11; 17:4; 17:22; 27:22

Daniel

1:10

Hosea

1:11; 4:13

Joel

3:4; 3:7

Amos

6:7

Obadiah

1:15

Micah

2:13; 3:1

Zechariah

4:2

H7218

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Strong's Number H7218 matches the Hebrew רֹאשׁ (rō'š),
which occurs 23 times in 21 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - And she made a vow, saying, “LORD Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:12 - That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dust on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 5:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 5:4 - But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the LORD! His head and hands had been broken off and were lying on the threshold; only his body remained.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:22 - Then Samuel brought Saul and his servant into the hall and seated them at the head of those who were invited—about thirty in number.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:1 - Then Samuel took a flask of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s head and kissed him, saying, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over his inheritance?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:11 - The next day Saul separated his men into three divisions; during the last watch of the night they broke into the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:17 - Raiding parties went out from the Philistine camp in three detachments. One turned toward Ophrah in the vicinity of Shual,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:18 - another toward Beth Horon, and the third toward the borderland overlooking the Valley of Zeboyim facing the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45 - But the men said to Saul, “Should Jonathan die—he who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for he did this today with God’s help.” So the men rescued Jonathan, and he was not put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:17 - Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:5 - He had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze weighing five thousand shekels[fn];

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:38 - Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:46 - This day the LORD will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:51 - David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine’s sword and drew it from the sheath. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:54 - David took the Philistine’s head and brought it to Jerusalem; he put the Philistine’s weapons in his own tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:57 - As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with David still holding the Philistine’s head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the LORD, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:13 - Then David crossed over to the other side and stood on top of the hill some distance away; there was a wide space between them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:2 - David said, “Then you will see for yourself what your servant can do.” Achish replied, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 29:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:4 - But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said, “Send the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he will turn against us during the fighting. How better could he regain his master’s favor than by taking the heads of our own men?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:9 - They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
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