רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh · roshe
a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
Lexicon
Derivation: or רוֹשׁ; (Deuteronomy 32:32), apparently the same as H7218 (רֹאשׁ);
a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
- a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head)
- generally, poison (even of serpents)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: gall, hemlock, poison, venom.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy
The head, the highest of strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רֹאשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of gall4 · 33%
- gall1 · 8%
- venom1 · 8%
- the poison1 · 8%
- me also gall1 · 8%
- me with gall1 · 8%
- and the gall1 · 8%
- as hemlock1 · 8%
- into gall1 · 8%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.