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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. So14LCB Jan. 8, 1887, 60); — ר׳ absolute Genesis 3:15 +, construct Genesis 40:20 +; suffix ראֹשִׁי Genesis 40:16 +, etc.; plural רָאשִׁים (for רְאָשִׁים֩GGA 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7218 matches the Hebrew רֹאשׁ (rō'š),
which occurs 600 times in 547 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 11 (Num 17:3–Jdg 7:20)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3 - and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each fathers’ house.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:28 - And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:20 - and from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah that looks down on the desert.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:9 - For from the top of the crags I see him,
from the hills I behold him;
behold, a people dwelling alone,
and not counting itself among the nations!
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:14 - And he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:28 - So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - And the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the chiefs of the people and hang[fn] them in the sun before the LORD, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:15 - And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who was the tribal head of a father’s house in Midian.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:2 - “Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:11 - “At the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD: two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:1 - Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Israel, saying, “This is what the LORD has commanded.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:26 - “Take the count of the plunder that was taken, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:49 - and said to Moses, “Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our command, and there is not a man missing from us.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:28 - So Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:1 - The heads of the fathers’ houses of the clan of the people of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of the people of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the chiefs, the heads of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and set them as heads over you, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, commanders of tens, and officers, throughout your tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:27 - Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward, and look at it with your eyes, for you shall not go over this Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - And as soon as you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - And when the officers have finished speaking to the people, then commanders shall be appointed at the head of the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:12 - and you bring her home to your house, she shall shave her head and pare her nails.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:23 - And the heavens over your head shall be bronze, and the earth under you shall be iron.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:44 - He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him. He shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:10 - “You are standing today, all of you, before the LORD your God: the heads of your tribes,[fn] your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 - I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the long-haired heads of the enemy.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:5 - Thus the LORD[fn] became king in Jeshurun,
when the heads of the people were gathered,
all the tribes of Israel together.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:15 - with the finest produce of the ancient mountains
and the abundance of the everlasting hills,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:16 - with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness
and the favor of him who dwells in the bush.
May these rest on the head of Joseph,
on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 - He chose the best of the land for himself,
for there a commander’s portion was reserved;
and he came with the heads of the people,
with Israel he executed the justice of the LORD,
and his judgments for Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 - Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:19 - Then if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be guiltless. But if a hand is laid on anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:6 - Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:10 - And Joshua turned back at that time and captured Hazor and struck its king with the sword, for Hazor formerly was the head of all those kingdoms.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:1 - These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - Then the boundary goes up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite (that is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the boundary bends around to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 - These are the inheritances that Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel distributed by lot at Shiloh before the LORD, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1 - Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:14 - and with him ten chiefs, one from each of the tribal families of Israel, every one of them the head of a family among the clans of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:21 - Then the people of Reuben, the people of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:30 - When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation, the heads of the families of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the people of Manasseh spoke, it was good in their eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - Joshua summoned all Israel, its elders and heads, its judges and officers, and said to them, “I am now old and well advanced in years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And they presented themselves before God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 - She sent her hand to the tent peg
and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet;
she struck Sisera;
she crushed his head;
she shattered and pierced his temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30 - ‘Have they not found and divided the spoil?—
A womb or two for every man;
spoil of dyed materials for Sisera,
spoil of dyed materials embroidered,
two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:26 - and build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in due order. Then take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah that you shall cut down.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:16 - And he divided the 300 men into three companies and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with torches inside the jars.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:19 - So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch. And they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - Then the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars. They held in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow. And they cried out, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”

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