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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 rod of Levi; for there is one rod for the head H7218 of each of their fathers’ households.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:28 - And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on his son Eleazar, and Aaron died there on the mountain top H7218. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:20 - and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the land of Moab, at the top H7218 of Pisgah which overlooks the [fn]wasteland.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:9 -

“For I see him from the top H7218 of the rocks,

And I look at him from the hills;

Behold, a people who dwells alone,

And will not be reckoned among the nations.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:14 - So he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top H7218 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 H7218 of Peor which overlooks the [fn]wasteland.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:4 - And Yahweh said to Moses, “Take all who are the heads H7218 of the people and execute them [fn]in broad daylight before Yahweh, so that the burning anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:15 - And the name of the Midianite woman, who was struck down, was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, [fn]who was head H7218 of the people of a father’s household in Midian.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:2 - “Take a [fn]census H7218 of all the congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ households, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:11 -

‘Then at the beginning H7218 of each of your months you shall bring near a burnt offering to Yahweh: two bulls from the herd and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without blemish;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:1 -

Then Moses spoke to the heads H7218 of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the word which Yahweh has commanded.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:26 - “You and Eleazar the priest and the heads H7218 of the fathers’ households of the congregation take a count H7218 of the loot [fn]that was captured, both of man and of animal;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:49 - and they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken a census H7218 of men of war who are in our charge, and no man of us is missing.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:28 -

So Moses gave a command concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads H7218 of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:1 -

And the heads H7218 of the fathers’ households of the family of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the heads H7218 of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - [fn]Choose wise and understanding and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads H7218.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - “So I took the heads H7218 of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and gave them as heads H7218 over you, leaders of thousands and [fn]of hundreds, [fn]of fifties and [fn]of tens, and officers for your tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:27 - ‘Go up to the top H7218 of Pisgah and lift up your eyes to the west and north and south and east, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - “Now it happened that when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads H7218 of your tribes and your elders.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:9 - “Now it will be that when the officers have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders of armies at the head H7218 of the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:12 - then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head H7218 and [fn]trim her nails.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:13 - “And Yahweh will make you the head H7218 and not the tail, and you only will be above, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I am commanding you today, to keep and to do,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:23 - “And [fn]the heaven which is over your head H7218 shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:44 - “He shall lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he shall be the head H7218, and you will be the tail.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:10 -

“You stand today, all of you, before Yahweh your God: your heads H7218, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 -

‘I will make My arrows drunk with blood,

And My sword will devour flesh,

With the blood of the slain and the captives,

From the long-haired [fn]leaders H7218 of the enemy.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:5 -

“And He was king in Jeshurun,

When the heads H7218 of the people were gathered,

The tribes of Israel together.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:15 -

And with the [fn]best H7218 things H7218 of the ancient mountains,

And with the choice things of the everlasting hills,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:16 -

And with the choice things of the earth and its fullness,

And the favor of Him who dwelt in the bush.

Let it come to the head H7218 of Joseph,

And to the top of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 -

“Then he [fn]provided the first part for himself,

For there the ruler’s portion was [fn]reserved;

And he came with the heads H7218 of the people;

He did the righteousness of Yahweh,

And His judgments with Israel.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:1 -

Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top H7218 of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And Yahweh showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:19 - “And it will be that anyone who goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head H7218, and we shall be free; but anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head H7218 if a hand is laid on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:6 -

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, both he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads H7218.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:10 -

Then Joshua turned back at that time and captured Hazor and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor formerly was the head H7218 of all these kingdoms.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:1 -

Now these are the territories which the sons of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads H7218 of the [fn]households of the tribes of the sons of Israel apportioned to them for an inheritance,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - Then the border went up the valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top H7218 of the mountain which is before the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim toward the north.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:9 - From the top H7218 of the mountain the border curved to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron; then the border curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:51 -

These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads H7218 of the [fn]households of the tribes of the sons of Israel distributed by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh at the doorway of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:1 -

Then the heads H7218 of [fn]households of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads H7218 of [fn]households of the tribes of the sons of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:14 - and with him ten leaders, one leader for each father’s household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them was the head H7218 of his father’s household among the [fn]thousands of Israel.
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Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered and spoke to the heads H7218 of the thousands of Israel.

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So Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the congregation, even the heads H7218 of the thousands of Israel who were with him, heard the words which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spoke. And it was good in their sight.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:2 - that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and their heads H7218 and their judges and their officers, and said to them, “I am old, advanced in years.
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Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads H7218 and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 -

“She sent forth her hand for the tent peg,

And her right hand for the workmen’s hammer.

Then she beat Sisera; she smashed his head H7218,

And she crushed and pierced his temple.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30 -

‘Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil?

A maiden, two maidens for every H7218 mighty man;

To Sisera a spoil of dyed work,

A spoil of dyed work embroidered,

Dyed work of double embroidery on the [fn]neck of the spoil?’

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:26 - and build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top H7218 of this stronghold in an orderly manner, and take the second bull and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:16 - And he divided the 300 men into three [fn]companies H7218, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers.
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 H7218 of the middle watch, when they had just set up the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:20 - Then the three [fn]companies H7218 blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, and they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing and called out, “A sword for Yahweh and for Gideon!”

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