King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7217
Transliteration: resh
Phonetic Spelling: (raysh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: head
Meaning: the head, the sum
Word Summary
resh: head
Original Word: רֵאשׁTransliteration: resh
Phonetic Spelling: (raysh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: head
Meaning: the head, the sum
Strong's Concordance
chief, head, sum (Aramaic) corresponding to ro'sh; the head; figuratively, the sum -- chief, head, sum.
see HEBREW ro'sh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7217. resh
רֵאשׁ noun masculineDaniel 7:6 head (Egyptian Aramaic, S-CPap.; Palmyrene רש; רֵישׁ ᵑ7, Syriac ; Biblical Hebrew ראֹשׁ); — construct ׳ר 7:1; emphatic הָ֯ 2:38; suffix רֵאשׁי 4:2 +, חָ֯ 2:28, הֵּ֯ 2:32 +, הַּ֯ 7:20, הֵ֯וֺן 3:27; plural absolute רֵאשִׁין 7:6, suffix רָאשֵׁיהֹם (K§§ 53, Anm. b); 63 GuHpt on the passage) Ezra 5:10; —
1 head of man Daniel 3:27, compare 7:9; in vision: of image 2:32, 38, beast 7:6, 20.
2 head as seat of visions, רֵאשָׁךְ הֶזְוֵי, etc., Daniel 2:28; 4:2; 4:7; 4:10; 7:1, 15.
3 = chief, ׳בְּר Ezra 5:10 in the capacity of their chiefs.
4 sum, essential content, of matters Daniel 7:1 (NesMM 40 beginning).