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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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Nehemiah 7:70 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.
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Source alternate reference: 7.69
Nehemiah 7:71 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
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Source alternate reference: 7.70
Nehemiah 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law.
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Nehemiah 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
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Nehemiah 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
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Source alternate reference: 10.15
Nehemiah 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
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Nehemiah 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and his associates, the leaders of families—242 men; Amashai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer;
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Nehemiah 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;
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Nehemiah 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
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Nehemiah 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
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Nehemiah 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families: of the family of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
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Nehemiah 12:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.
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Nehemiah 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the descendants of Levi, the family heads up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles.
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Nehemiah 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
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Nehemiah 12:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
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Esther 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
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Esther 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she found favor in his sight. The king extended the gold scepter in his hand toward Esther, and she approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
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Esther 6:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
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Esther 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
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Esther 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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Job 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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Job 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
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Job 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
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Job 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
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Job 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
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Job 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
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Job 19:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
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Job 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
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Job 22:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
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Job 24:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
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Job 29:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
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Job 29:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
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Job 41:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
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Source alternate reference: 40.31
Psalms 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
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Source alternate reference: 3.4
Psalms 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
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Source alternate reference: 7.17
Psalms 18:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
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Source alternate reference: 18.44
Psalms 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For You welcomed him with rich blessings; You placed on his head a crown of pure gold.
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Source alternate reference: 21.4
Psalms 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
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Source alternate reference: 22.8
Psalms 23:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
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Psalms 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
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Psalms 24:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
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Psalms 27:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
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Psalms 38:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
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Source alternate reference: 38.5
Psalms 40:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
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Source alternate reference: 40.13
Psalms 44:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
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Source alternate reference: 44.15
Psalms 60:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
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Source alternate reference: 60.9
Psalms 66:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.
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Psalms 68:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
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Source alternate reference: 68.22
Psalms 69:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.
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Source alternate reference: 69.5
Psalms 72:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field.
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