רֹאשׁ (rōʾš) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning head. It appears
600 times
in 35 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7218).
Also rendered
rosh
top
chief
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2097)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2097)head; top, height; chief, chief priest; front, beginning; choicest, best; division, company, band; sum, take sum of, enumerate; captain, chapiter, end, excellent, first, forefront, principal, ruler
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
רֹאשׁnoun, masculine
1.
a.(with 230 times) head, of human being
b.head, of animals
2.
a.top (88 times)
b.height, of stars
3.
a.head = chief (man)
b.chief (city)
c.chief nation
d.chief (place, position)
e.chief priest
f.head of a family
4.
a.head = front
b.of time, beginning, of night watch
c.of things, river-heads
5.chief, choicest, best, of spices
6.head = division of army, company, band
7.sum, especially in phrase take sum of, enumerate
8.other phrase
Strong's H7218רֹאשׁ: the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) KJV:band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, × every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), × lead, × poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.