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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 26 times in 25 verses in 'Exo' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:14 - These are the heads of their fathers' households: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:25 - Now Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' households of Levi according to their clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:2 - "This month is to be your beginning of months; it will be your first month of the year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9 - Do not eat it raw or boiled in water, but roast it over the fire with its head, its legs, and its entrails.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some of our men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10 - So Joshua fought against Amalek just as Moses had instructed him;and Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:25 - Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:20 - The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and the LORD summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:17 - Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - At the two corners they must be doubled at the lower end and finished together at the top in one ring. So it will be for both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:32 - There is to be an opening in its top in the center of it, with an edge all around the opening, the work of a weaver, like the opening of a collar, so that it cannot be torn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:6 - You are to put the turban on his head and put the holy diadem on the turban.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7 - You are to take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10 - "You are to present the bull at the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to put their hands on the head of the bull.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:15 - "You are to take one ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram's head,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:17 - Then you are to cut the ram into pieces and wash the entrails and its legs and put them on its pieces and on its head

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:19 - "You are to take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram's head,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - "When you take a census of the Israelites according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for his life to the LORD when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - "Take choice spices: twelve and a half pounds of free-flowing myrrh, half that - about six and a quarter pounds - of sweet-smelling cinnamon, six and a quarter pounds of sweet-smelling cane,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:2 - Be prepared in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself for me there on the top of the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:29 - At the two corners they were doubled at the lower end and finished together at the top in one ring. So he did for both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - and its five posts and their hooks. He overlaid their tops and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks of the posts and their bands were silver, their tops were overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - with four posts and their four bronze bases. Their hooks and their bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - From the remaining 1,775 shekels he made hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and made bands for them.
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