resh · head

What it means

resh (רֵאשׁ) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “head”.

(Aramaic); also the one who goes in front. Related to the Hebrew "rosh".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The topmost part of the body, where one thinks and dreams (Aramaic).
2. The main point of something, put in few words.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• head ×12
• heads ×1
• sum ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ezra×1
• Daniel×13

• Ezra 5:10

  And we asked them also their names, to inform you, so that we might write the name of the men who are at their head.

• Daniel 2:28

  But there is an Elah in the heavens who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the last days. Your dream and the visions of your head on your bed are these:

• Daniel 2:32

  That image — its head was of fine gold, its chest and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,

• Daniel 2:38

  and wherever the sons of man live, the animals of the field and the birds of the heavens, he has given them into your hand and made you rule over all of them; you are the head of gold.

• Daniel 3:27

  And the satraps, the prefects, and the governors and the advisers of the king were gathered and were seeing these men, that the fire had not had power over their bodies, and the hair of their head was not singed, and their cloaks had not changed, and the smell of fire had not passed on them.

• Daniel 4:5

  I saw a dream, and it made me afraid; and the imaginings on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

• Daniel 4:10

  And these were the visions of my head on my bed: I was looking, and look, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.

• Daniel 4:13

  I was looking in the visions of my head on my bed, and look, a watcher, and a holy one, was coming down from the heavens.

• Daniel 7:1

  In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head on his bed; then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

• Daniel 7:6

  After this I was looking, and look, another, like a leopard, and it had four wings of a bird on its back; and the beast had four heads, and dominion was given to it.

• Daniel 7:9

  I was looking until thrones were set, and an Ancient of Days sat down; his clothing was white like snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was flames of fire, its wheels burning fire.

• Daniel 7:15

  As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed within its sheath, and the visions of my head were troubling me.

• Daniel 7:20

  and about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other that came up, and before which three fell, — that horn had eyes and a mouth speaking great things, and its appearance was greater than its companions.

And 1 more times.