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rosh H7218

רֹאשׁ (rosh) means “head” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

רֹאשׁ Hebrew · H7218 599 tagged occurrences in 547 verses

Pronunciation guide: roshe Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7218A

רֹאשׁ · rosh · head

: head 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

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TBESH · H7218B

רֹאשׁ · rosh · prince

Rosh, a tite for a chief or prince

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TBESH · H7218H

רֹאשׁ · rosh · head: leader

: leader 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

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TBESH · H7218I

רֹאשׁ · rosh · head: top

: top/best 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

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TBESH · H7218J

רֹאשׁ · rosh · head: first

: first/start 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

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TBESH · H7218K

רֹאשׁ · rosh · head: group

: group 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

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TBESH · H7218L

רֹאשׁ · rosh · head: count

: count 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

KJV glosses: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

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How translators render H7218

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the head	37
his head	34
the heads	31
head	25
their heads	19
my head	18
heads	17
the chief	12
your head	11
atop	9
its head	9
top	9
the leaders	8
leaders	7
and the heads	6
her head	6
the top	6
to the top	6
chief	5
companies	5
from the beginning	5
the first	5
the summit	5
were the heads	5
leader	4
of his head	4
of my head	4
was the first	4
were heads	4
your heads	4
and heads	3
as chief	3
at the beginning	3
at the head	3
chiefs	3
of your head	3
on his head	3
on the head	3
the finest	3
the tops	3
was chief	3
a leader	2
a seat of honor	2
and the head	2
are the heads	2
as the chief	2
as the first	2
chief men	2
divisions	2
down on his own head	2
ends	2
from my head	2
his own head	2
in the tops	2
o leaders	2
on his own head	2
on the heads	2
on your head	2
sauls head	2
the chiefs	2
the mountaintops	2
the ridge	2
upon their own heads	2
upon your heads	2
upon your own head	2
was the chief	2
with his head	2
you	2
a census	1
a mountaintop	1
aarons head	1
absaloms head	1
according to the heads	1
allies	1
and	1
and chief	1
and chiefs	1
and cut off his head	1
and his head	1
and let his hair	1
and some of the heads	1
and the beginning	1
and the companies	1
and the leaders	1
and the summit	1
and the third	1
are on the head	1
around my head	1
around our heads	1
around their heads	1
as head	1
as leaders	1
as our head	1
as the head	1
as their leader	1
as your leaders	1
at its top	1
at the junction	1
at the top	1
at their head	1
atop the pillars	1
atop the tree	1
back upon their own heads	1
back upon your head	1
bands	1
become the head	1
beyond the summit	1
branches off	1
by the head	1
by the heads	1
commander	1
commanders	1
company	1
corner	1
cut off his head	1
cut off your head	1
down upon his own head	1
down upon their own heads	1
first	1
for each	1
for my head	1
for the foremost	1
for the head	1
for the tops	1
from atop	1
from beginning	1
from head	1
from its topmost	1
from our head	1
from the first	1
from the hilltop	1
from the mountains	1
from the mountaintops	1
from the peak	1
from the summits	1
hair	1
he must make	1
headwaters	1
her leaders	1
her masters	1
him	1
his consecrated head	1
his hair	1
his head again	1
his skull	1
in front	1
in his head	1
in the census	1
in the main	1
including the head	1
is the beginning	1
is their sum	1
it on the head	1
it will cost us our heads	1
its topmost	1
led by	1
let your hair	1
like heads	1
like the summit	1
may the heads	1
me	1
my greatest	1
my hair	1
of honor	1
of men	1
of the head	1
of the high	1
of the leaders	1
of their tops	1
of them were chiefs	1
on himself	1
on its head	1
on the corner	1
on the heights	1
on the mountaintop	1
on the top	1
on their heads	1
on top	1
on your own head	1
or any	1
or his head	1
our heads	1
over our heads	1
some of the heads	1
spots on their heads	1
that reaches	1
the cornerstone	1
the entirety	1
the high	1
the highest	1
the hilltop	1
the hilltops	1
the leader	1
the mountaintop	1
the tip	1
their chief	1
their hair	1
their own heads	1
their tops	1
there were directors	1
through their chief	1
to lead it	1
to the heads	1
to top	1
top of it	1
two leaders	1
upon her head	1
upon his head	1
upon the heads	1
upon your head	1
vvv	1
was head	1
was their chief	1
were leaders	1
were the leaders	1
when the leaders	1
where the top	1
who led	1
who were heads	1
who were the heads	1
will be on our heads	1
will crown	1
with its top	1
with the best	1
with the heads	1
with the leaders	1
you leaders	1
you the head	1
your own head	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the chief	42
upon the head	30
the head	22
upon his head	22
head	20
his head	19
chief	17
heads	14
my head	11
the heads	11
upon the top	11
on the top	10
upon their heads	10
in the top	8
their heads	8
to the top	8
and the chief	7
companies	7
from the top	7
of mine head	7
from the beginning	6
of his head	6
of the chief	6
the sum	6
upon his own head	6
on the head	5
and the head	4
at the head	4
company	4
her head	4
mine head	4
on his head	4
the first	4
the top	4
a captain	3
and his head	3
captains	3
chief men	3
in the beginning	3
over their heads	3
thine head	3
upon their head	3
upon thine head	3
all the heads	2
among the chief	2
and all the heads	2
and for their heads	2
and in the beginnings	2
and the heads	2
and the top	2
for the head	2
from off his head	2
from thy head	2
in his head	2
in the head	2
in the tops	2
into the top	2
of my head	2
of the head	2
of their chapiters	2
off his head	2
on her head	2
on high	2
that the ends	2
their chapiters	2
them heads	2
thy head	2
under my head	2
unto the heads	2
upon the heads	2
upon the tops	2
upon thine own head	2
upon your own head	2
with his head	2
with the heads	2
your heads	2
a chief	1
above my chief	1
above the head	1
all of them chief men	1
also the sum	1
also to me if the head	1
an excellent	1
an head	1
and be our head	1
and chief	1
and for the chief things	1
and had his head	1
and having his head	1
and heads	1
and in the top	1
and let thy head	1
and now shall mine head	1
and of the chief	1
and on the top	1
and the company	1
and the high	1
and the top of it	1
and to the chief	1
and unto his head	1
and unto the heads	1
and upon the head	1
and upon the top	1
and was chief	1
and your rulers	1
are the chief	1
as chief	1
as head	1
as the tops	1
at every head	1
at the top	1
bands	1
behold his head	1
behold the head	1
by the head	1
by the heads	1
captain	1
even the principal	1
even unto the head	1
every head	1
first	1
for every head	1
for from the top	1
for him in the top	1
for my head	1
from his head	1
having for their captains	1
he shall be head	1
he was chief	1
him head	1
him the chief	1
i pray you o heads	1
in all the tops	1
in the chief place	1
in the chiefest	1
in the forefront	1
is become the head	1
is the sum	1
it in the principal	1
me shall i be your head	1
me the head	1
nor the highest part	1
not your heads	1
now the chief	1
of the bands	1
of the heads	1
of the poor	1
of thine head	1
of your heads	1
on all their heads	1
on my head	1
on our head	1
on the heads	1
on the tops	1
on their heads	1
or his head	1
our head	1
our heads	1
over his head	1
over our heads	1
over thy head	1
shall be chief	1
shall be upon his own head	1
shall be upon thine own head	1
that was above the head	1
the beginning	1
the height	1
the principal	1
the whole head	1
thee the head	1
their head	1
them captains	1
them in the head	1
them rulers	1
them unto the top	1
them upon the head	1
themselves in the top	1
there in the top	1
thereof and the head	1
these are the heads	1
these chief	1
they shall be on the head	1
this i pray you ye heads	1
thou also unto thee principal	1
thyself there to me in the top	1
to every	1
to him he shall be the head	1
to lead	1
to thine head	1
top	1
under their heads	1
unto the top	1
unto thy head	1
unto you the beginning	1
upon all their heads	1
upon every head	1
upon her head	1
upon mine head	1
upon my head	1
upon our heads	1
upon the top of it	1
upon their own head	1
upon their own heads	1
upon thy head	1
upon whose head	1
upon your heads	1
was chief	1
was the chief	1
was the head	1
were the tops	1
when the heads	1
which the head	1
whither the head	1
whose top	1
with all the chief	1
with chief	1
with the first	1
with the head	1
with the principal	1
ye the heads	1
ye the sum	1
you from the beginning	1
your captains	1

Verses containing H7218

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Judges 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.
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Judges 8:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
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Judges 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
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Judges 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.
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Judges 9:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
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Judges 9:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”
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Judges 9:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”
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Judges 9:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
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Judges 9:44 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Abimelech and the companies with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two companies rushed against all who were in the fields and struck them down.
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Judges 9:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
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Judges 9:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
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Judges 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
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Judges 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
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Judges 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
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Judges 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
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Judges 13:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
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Judges 16:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Samson lay there only until midnight, when he got up, took hold of the doors of the city gate and both gateposts, and pulled them out, bar and all. Then he put them on his shoulders and took them to the top of the mountain overlooking Hebron.
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Judges 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”
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Judges 16:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
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Judges 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
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Judges 16:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
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1 Samuel 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
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1 Samuel 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
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1 Samuel 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.
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1 Samuel 9:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them in the place of honor among those who were invited—about thirty in all.
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1 Samuel 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?
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1 Samuel 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
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1 Samuel 13:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,
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1 Samuel 13:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.
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1 Samuel 14:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
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1 Samuel 15:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel
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1 Samuel 17:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,
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1 Samuel 17:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.
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1 Samuel 17:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
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1 Samuel 17:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
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1 Samuel 17:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
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1 Samuel 17:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
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1 Samuel 25:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
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1 Samuel 26:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David crossed to the other side and stood atop the mountain at a distance; there was a wide gulf between them.
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1 Samuel 28:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”
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1 Samuel 29:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
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1 Samuel 31:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
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2 Samuel 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the third day a man with torn clothes and dust on his head arrived from Saul’s camp. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him homage.
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2 Samuel 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
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2 Samuel 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
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2 Samuel 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side, and they all fell together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is called Helkath-hazzurim.
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2 Samuel 2:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.
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2 Samuel 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
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2 Samuel 3:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May it whirl over the head of Joab and over the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”
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2 Samuel 4:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.
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