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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 - And he came to a certain place, and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - So Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone which he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:13 - Michal took an image and laid it on the bed and put a pillow of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with the clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:16 - And when the messengers came in, behold, the image was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at its head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abi'shai went to the army by night; and there lay Saul sleeping within the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the army lay around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - The LORD forbid that I should put forth my hand against the LORD'S anointed; but take now the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - This thing that you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, you deserve to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:6 - And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.
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