STRONGS NUMBER H7217


Word Summary
resh: head
Original Word: רֵאשׁ
Transliteration: resh
Phonetic Spelling: (raysh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: head
Meaning: the head, the sum
Strong's Concordance
chief, head, sum

(Aramaic) corresponding to ro'sh; the head; figuratively, the sum -- chief, head, sum.

see HEBREW ro'sh

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7217. resh

רֵאשׁnoun masculineDaniel 7:6 head (Egyptian Aramaic, S-CPap.; Palmyrene רש‎; רֵישׁ ᵑ7‎, Syriac ; Biblical Hebrew ראֹשׁ‎); — construct ׳ר7:1; emphatic הָ֯2:38; suffix רֵאשׁי4:2 +, חָ֯2:28, הֵּ֯2:32 +, הַּ֯7:20, הֵ֯וֺן3:27; plural absolute רֵאשִׁין7:6, suffix רָאשֵׁיהֹם‎ (K§§ 53, Anm. b); 63 GuHpt on the passage) Ezra 5:10; —

1 head of man Daniel 3:27, compare 7:9; in vision: of image 2:32, 38, beast 7:6, 20.

2 head as seat of visions, רֵאשָׁךְ הֶזְוֵי‎, etc., Daniel 2:28; 4:2; 4:7; 4:10; 7:1, 15.

3 = chief, ׳בְּרEzra 5:10 in the capacity of their chiefs.

4 sum, essential content, of matters Daniel 7:1 (NesMM 40 beginning).