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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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1 Chronicles 23:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of Uzziel: Micah was the first and Isshiah the second.
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1 Chronicles 23:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 24:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than those of Ithamar, they were divided accordingly. There were sixteen heads of families from the descendants of Eleazar and eight from the descendants of Ithamar.
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1 Chronicles 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.
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1 Chronicles 24:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for Rehabiah, from his sons: The first was Isshiah.
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1 Chronicles 24:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences
As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.
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1 Chronicles 26:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),
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1 Chronicles 26:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their relatives did.
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1 Chronicles 26:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli,
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1 Chronicles 26:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.
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1 Chronicles 26:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of the Hebronites, according to the genealogies of his ancestors. In the fortieth year of David’s reign the records were searched, and strong, capable men were found among the Hebronites at Jazer in Gilead.
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1 Chronicles 26:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.
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1 Chronicles 27:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 men in each division:
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1 Chronicles 27:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.
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1 Chronicles 27:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The third army commander, as chief for the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. There were 24,000 men in his division.
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1 Chronicles 29:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
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2 Chronicles 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel—the heads of the families.
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2 Chronicles 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
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2 Chronicles 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He made interwoven chains and put them on top of the pillars. He made a hundred pomegranates and fastened them into the chainwork.
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2 Chronicles 4:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
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2 Chronicles 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.
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2 Chronicles 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
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2 Chronicles 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
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2 Chronicles 11:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
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2 Chronicles 13:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
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2 Chronicles 19:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.
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2 Chronicles 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”
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2 Chronicles 20:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.
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2 Chronicles 23:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem,
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2 Chronicles 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
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2 Chronicles 24:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.
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2 Chronicles 25:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.
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2 Chronicles 26:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The total number of family leaders of the mighty men of valor was 2,600.
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2 Chronicles 26:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.
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2 Chronicles 28:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.
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2 Chronicles 31:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”
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Ezra 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
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Ezra 2:68 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.
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Ezra 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
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Ezra 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
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Ezra 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”
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Ezra 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
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Ezra 7:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.
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Ezra 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
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Ezra 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.
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Ezra 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I sent them to Iddo, the leader at Casiphia, with a message for him and his kinsmen, the temple servants at Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
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Ezra 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.
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Ezra 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.
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Ezra 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,
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Nehemiah 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
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Source alternate reference: 3.36

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