Hebrew noun (Aramaic, masculine) · H7217
רֵאשׁ
reshraysh
head
14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: rêʼsh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7217is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7217
the head; figuratively, the sum
The King James renders it: chief, head, sum.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
resh is rendered "head". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 5:10We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.
Ezra 5:10בְרָאשֵׁיהֹֽם׃ ס
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- head my4
- head his2
- at heads their1
- head its1
- head of1
- head the1
- head their1
- head your1
- heads1
- on head its1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| רֵאשִׁית | reshith | first: beginning | Uses51 |
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- רֵאשִׁ֖י4
- רֵאשֵׁהּ֙2
- בְרֵאשַׁ֔הּ1
- בְרָאשֵׁיהֹֽם׃ ס1
- רֵ֥אשׁ1
- רֵאשֵׁ֖הּ1
- רֵאשָׁ֖ה1
- רֵֽאשְׁהוֹן֙1
- רֵאשִׁין֙1
- רֵאשָׁ֛ךְ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4ANcbsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3ANcbsc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1ANcbsc
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1ANcbsc/Sp2ms
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1ANcbsc/Sp3mp
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1ANcbsd/Ta
- noun · masculine plural1ANcmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1AR/Ncbsc/Sp3fs
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1AR/Ncmpc/Sp3mp
Ezra
one use
We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.
- בְרָאשֵׁיהֹֽם׃ סverasheihompreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: at heads their
Daniel
thirteen uses
But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:
- רֵאשָׁ֛ךְreshakhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: head your
The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze,
- רֵאשֵׁהּ֙reshehnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: head its
Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.
- רֵאשָׁ֖הreshah'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: head the
and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.
- רֵֽאשְׁהוֹן֙reshehonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: head their
I had a dream, and it frightened me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
- רֵאשִׁ֖יreshinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: head my
In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.
- רֵאשִׁ֖יreshinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: head my
As I lay on my bed, I also saw in the visions of my mind a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven.
- רֵאשִׁ֖יreshinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: head my
In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.
- רֵאשֵׁ֖הּreshehnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: head his
- רֵ֥אשׁreshnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: head of
Next, as I watched, another beast appeared. It was like a leopard, and on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.
- רֵאשִׁין֙reshinnoun · masculine pluraltagged: heads
As I continued to watch, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.
- רֵאשֵׁהּ֙reshehnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: head his
I, Daniel, was grieved in my spirit, and the visions in my mind alarmed me.
- רֵאשִׁ֖יreshinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: head my
I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn whose appearance was more imposing than the others, with eyes and with a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
- בְרֵאשַׁ֔הּvereshahpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: on head its
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.