Word Study · Strong's H7219 · Hebrew
רֹאשׁ
rosh
roshe
Strong's 1890 spelling: rôʼsh
“a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
Rendered in the KJV as
gall, hemlock, poison, venom.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 7 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- רֹ֑אשׁ2
- וְרֹ֥אשׁ1
- וָרֹֽאשׁ׃1
- כָּרֹאשׁ֙1
- לְרֹאשׁ֙1
- רֹ֖אשׁ1
- רֹ֔אשׁ1
- רֹ֥אשׁ1
- רֹאשׁ־1
- רֹֽאשׁ׃1
- ר֔וֹשׁ1
How it is rendered · 6
- poison7
- [the] poison of1
- and [the] poison of1
- and poison1
- into poison1
- like the poisonous plant1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine singular7
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 7
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy3 of 12 · 25%
- Jeremiah3 of 12 · 25%
- Lamentations2 of 12 · 17%
- Job1 of 12 · 8%
- Psalms1 of 12 · 8%
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Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 29:18רֹ֖אשׁroshnoun · masculine singularMake sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,here: poison
- Deuteronomy 32:32ר֔וֹשׁrooshnoun · masculine singularBut their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.here: poison
- Deuteronomy 32:33וְרֹ֥אשׁveroshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.here: and [the] poison of
Psalms1 occurrence
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 8:14רֹ֔אשׁroshnoun · masculine singularWhy are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.here: poison
- Jeremiah 9:15רֹֽאשׁ׃roshnoun · masculine singularTherefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.here: poison
- Jeremiah 23:15רֹ֑אשׁroshnoun · masculine singularTherefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”here: poison
Lamentations2 occurrences
Same headword in Strong's