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Lexicon :: Strong's H7217 - rē'š

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רֵאשׁ
Transliteration
rē'š
Pronunciation
raysh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to רֹאשׁ (H7218)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2983

Strong’s Definitions

רֵאשׁ rêʼsh, raysh; (Aramaic) corresponding to H7218; the head; figuratively, the sum:—chief, head, sum.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H7217 in the following manner: head (12x), sum (1x), chief (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H7217 in the following manner: head (12x), sum (1x), chief (1x).

  1. chief, head

    1. head (of man)

    2. head (as seat of visions)

    3. chief

    4. sum (essential content)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רֵאשׁ rêʼsh, raysh; (Aramaic) corresponding to H7218; the head; figuratively, the sum:—chief, head, sum.
STRONGS H7217: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† רֵאשׁ noun masculineDaniel 7:6 head (Egyptian Aramaic, S-CPap.; Palmyrene רש; Targum רֵישׁ, Syriac bdb111201; Biblical Hebrew H7218 ראֹשׁ); — construct ר׳ Daniel 7:1; emphatic הָ֯ Daniel 2:38; suffix רֵאשׁי Daniel 4:2 +, חָ֯ Daniel 2:28, הֵּ֯ Daniel 2:32 +, הַּ֯ Daniel 7:20, הֵ֯וֺן Daniel 3:27; plural absolute רֵאשִׁין Daniel 7:6, suffix רָאשֵׁיהֹם (K§§ 53, Anm. b); 63 GuHpt on the passage) Ezra 5:10; —
1. head of man Daniel 3:27, compare Daniel 7:9; in vision: of image Daniel 2:32, 38, beast Daniel 7:6, 20.
2. head as seat of visions, הֶזְוֵי רֵאשָׁךְ, etc., Daniel 2:28; Daniel 4:2; Daniel 4:7; Daniel 4:10; Daniel 7:1, 15.
3. = chief, בְּר׳ Ezra 5:10 in the capacity of their chiefs.
4. sum, essential content, of matters Daniel 7:1 (NesMM 40 beginning).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

5:10; 5:10

Daniel

2:28; 2:28; 2:32; 2:32; 2:38; 2:38; 3:27; 3:27; 4:2; 4:2; 4:7; 4:10; 7:1; 7:1; 7:1; 7:6; 7:6; 7:6; 7:9; 7:15; 7:20; 7:20

H7217

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7217 matches the Hebrew רֵאשׁ (rē'š),
which occurs 14 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:10 - “We also H638 asked H7593 them their names H8036 so as to inform H3046 you, in H1768 order H1768 that H1768 we might write H3790 down H3790 the names H8036 of the men H1400 who H1768 were [fn]in charge H7217.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28 - “However H1297, there H383 is H383 a God H426 in heaven H8065 who H1768 reveals H1541 secrets H7328, and He has made H3046 known H3046 to King H4430 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 what H4101 will take H1934 place H1934 in the [fn]latter H320 days H3118. This H1836 was your dream H2493 and the visions H2376 [fn]in your mind H7217 while on your bed H4903.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:32 - “The head H7217 of that statue H6755 was made of fine H2869 gold H1722, its chest H2306 and its arms H1872 of silver H3702, its belly H4577 and its thighs H3410 of bronze H5174,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:38 - and wherever H3606 H1768 the sons H1123 of mankind H606 live H1753, or the animals H2423 of the field H1251, or the birds H5776 of the sky H8065, He has handed H3052 H3028 them over H3052 to you and has made you ruler H7981 over them all H3606. You are the head H7217 of gold H1722.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - The satraps H324, the prefects H5460, the governors H6347, and the king’s H4430 counselors H1907 gathered H3673 together H3673 and saw H2370 that the fire H5135 had H7981 no H3809 [fn]effect H7981 on [fn]the bodies H1655 of these H479 men H1400, nor H3809 was the hair H8177 of their heads H7217 singed H2761, nor H3809 were their [fn]trousers H5622 [fn]damaged H8133, nor H3809 had even the smell H7382 of fire H5135 touched H5709 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:5 - “I saw H2370 a dream H2493 and it startled H1763 me; and these appearances H2031 as I lay on my bed H4903 and the visions H2376 [fn]in my mind H7217 kept H927 alarming H927 me.

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‘Now these were the visions H2376 [fn]in my mind H7217 as I lay on my bed H4903: I was looking H2370, and behold H431, there was a tree H363 in the middle H1459 of the [fn]earth H772 and its height H7314 was great H7690.

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‘I was looking H2370 in the visions H2376 [fn]in my mind H7217 as I lay on my bed H4903, and behold H431, an angelic H5894 watcher H5894, a holy H6922 one H6922, descended H5182 from heaven H8065.

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In the first H2298 year H8140 of Belshazzar H1113 king H4430 of Babylon H895, Daniel H1841 saw H2370 a dream H2493 and visions H2376 [fn]in his mind H7217 as he lay on his bed H4903; then H116 he wrote H3790 the dream H2493 down H3790 and told H560 the [fn]following summary H7217 of [fn]it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:6 - “After H892 this H1836 I kept H1934 looking H2370, and behold H718, another H321 one, like a leopard H5245, which H1768 had on its [fn]back H1355 four H703 wings H1611 of a bird H5776; the beast H2423 also had four H703 heads H7217, and dominion H7985 was given H3052 to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:9 -

“I kept H1934 looking H2370

Until H5705 H1768 thrones H3764 were set H7412 up,

And the Ancient H6268 of Days H3118 took H3488 His seat H3488;

His garment H3831 was white H2358 as snow H8517,

And the hair H8177 of His head H7217 like pure H5343 wool H6015.

His throne H3764 was [fn]ablaze H5135 with flames H7631,

Its wheels H1535 were a burning H1815 fire H5135.

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“As for me, Daniel H1841, my spirit H7308 was distressed H3735 within H1459 [fn]me, and the visions H2376 [fn]in my mind H7217 kept alarming H927 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:20 - and the meaning of the ten H6236 horns H7162 that were on its head H7217, and the other H321 horn which H1768 came H5559 up H5559, and before H4481 H6925 which three H8532 of the horns fell H5308, namely, that horn H7162 which had eyes H5870 and a mouth H6433 uttering H4449 great H7229 boasts, and [fn]which was larger H7229 in appearance H2376 than H4481 its associates H2273.
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