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Lexicon :: Strong's H7219 - rō'š

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רֹאשׁ
Transliteration
rō'š
Pronunciation
roshe
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently the same as רֹאשׁ (H7218)
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TWOT Reference: 2098

Strong’s Definitions

רֹאשׁ rôʼsh, roshe; or רוֹשׁ rôwsh; (Deuteronomy 32:32), apparently the same as H7218; a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents):—gall, hemlock, poison, venom.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H7219 in the following manner: gall (9x), venom (1x), poison (1x), hemlock (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H7219 in the following manner: gall (9x), venom (1x), poison (1x), hemlock (1x).

  1. gall, venom, bitter, poisonous

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רֹאשׁ rôʼsh, roshe; or רוֹשׁ rôwsh; (Deuteronomy 32:32), apparently the same as H7218; a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents):—gall, hemlock, poison, venom.
STRONGS H7219: Abbreviations
† II. ראשׁ and († Deuteronomy 32:32) רוֺשׁ noun masculineDeuteronomy 32:33 a bitter and poisonous herb, then venom, always figurative; —
1. a bitter and poisonous herb, + (or ||) לַעֲנָה Deuteronomy 29:17; Lamentations 3:19, so (מֵי ראֹשׁ) Jeremiah 9:14; Jeremiah 23:15; מֵי ר׳ (without ל׳) Jeremiah 8:14; עִנְּכֵירֿוֺשׁ Deuteronomy 22:32 (|| מְרֹרֹת); ראֹשׁ וּתְלָאָה Lamentations 3:5; ר׳ alone Psalm 69:22, כָּרֹאשׁ וּפָרַח מִשְׁפָּט Hosea 10:4, מִשְׁפָּט לְר׳ הְפַכְתֶּם Amos 6:12.
2. venom, of serpents, פְּתָנִים ר׳ Deuteronomy 32:33; Job 20:16.

רוֺשׁ poison, Deuteronomy 32:32, see II.ראֹשׁ above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

29:17; 32:32; 32:32; 32:33; 32:33

Job

20:16

Psalms

69:22

Jeremiah

8:14; 9:14; 23:15

Lamentations

3:5; 3:19

Hosea

10:4

Amos

6:12

H7219

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7219 matches the Hebrew רֹאשׁ (rō'š),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - “so that there may not be among you man or woman or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations, and that there may not be among you a root bearing bitterness or wormwood;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:32 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom
And of the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Their clusters are bitter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:33 - Their wine is the poison of serpents,
And the cruel venom of cobras.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16 - He will suck the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue will slay him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:21 - They also gave me gall for my food,
And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:14 - “Why do we sit still?
Assemble yourselves,
And let us enter the fortified cities,
And let us be silent there.
For the LORD our God has put us to silence
And given us water of gall to drink,
Because we have sinned against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:15 - therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:15 - “Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets:

‘Behold, I will feed them with wormwood,
And make them drink the water of gall;
For from the prophets of Jerusalem
Profaneness has gone out into all the land.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:5 - He has besieged me
And surrounded me with bitterness and woe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:19 - Remember my affliction and roaming,
The wormwood and the gall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:4 - They have spoken words,
Swearing falsely in making a covenant.
Thus judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:12 - Do horses run on rocks?
Does one plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into gall,
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
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