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In a biblical context, it can be used metaphorically to describe leadership or prominence.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, the concept of "head" or "top" was often associated with leadership, authority, and preeminence. The head was considered the most important part of the body, symbolizing control and direction. Similarly, the tops of mountains or structures were seen as significant, often being places of worship or strategic importance.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm">rosh</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a place at the head, head place<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>head (10).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">רַאֲשׁוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/26-12.htm">1 Samuel 26:12</a> see <font class="hebrew2">מְרַאֲשׁוֺת</font> below </p><br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>bolster, head, pillow <p>Formed like <a href="/hebrew/4761.htm">mar'ashah</a>; properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow) -- bolster, head, pillow. Compare <a href="/hebrew/4772.htm">marglah</a>. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/4761.htm">mar'ashah</a> <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/4772.htm">marglah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֔יו מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו׃ מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו׃ מראשתיו מראשתיו׃ mə·ra·’ă·šō·ṯāw məra’ăšōṯāw meraashoTav<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/28-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 28:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַמָּק֔וֹם וַיָּ֖שֶׂם <b> מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו </b> וַיִּשְׁכַּ֖ב בַּמָּק֥וֹם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and put <span class="itali">it under his head,</span> and lay down<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and put <span class="itali">[them for] his pillows,</span> and lay down<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/28-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the place and put <span class="itali">his head</span> and lay place<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/28-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 28:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲשֶׁר־ שָׂ֣ם <b> מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֔יו </b> וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֹתָ֖הּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that he had put <span class="itali">under his head</span> and set<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that he had put <span class="itali">[for] his pillows,</span> and set it up<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/28-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> he had put <span class="itali">his head</span> and set A pillar<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/19-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 19:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָֽעִזִּ֔ים שָׂ֖מָה <b> מְרַֽאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו </b> וַתְּכַ֖ס בַּבָּֽגֶד׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of goats' <span class="itali">[hair] at its head,</span> and covered<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of goats' <span class="itali">[hair] for his bolster,</span> and covered<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/19-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of goats' and put <span class="itali">head</span> and covered clothes<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/19-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 19:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּכְבִ֥יר הָעִזִּ֖ים <b> מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of goats' <span class="itali">[hair] at its head.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of goats' <span class="itali">[hair] for his bolster.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/19-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the quilt of goats' <span class="itali">head</span><p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/26-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 26:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">[מְרַאֲשֹׁתֹו כ] <b> (מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו </b> ק) וְאַבְנֵ֣ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in the ground <span class="itali">at his head;</span> and Abner<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the ground <span class="itali">at his bolster:</span> but Abner<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/26-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> stuck the ground <span class="itali">bolster</span> and Abner and the people<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/26-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 26:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">[מְרַאֲשֹׁתֹו כ] <b> (מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו </b> ק) וְאֶת־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the spear <span class="itali">that is at his head</span> and the jug<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thou now the spear <span class="itali">that [is] at his bolster,</span> and the cruse<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/26-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the spear after <span class="itali">bolster</span> and the jug of water<p><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/26-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 26:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">[מְרַאֲשֹׁתֹו כ] <b> (מְרַאֲשֹׁתָֽיו׃ </b> ק) </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of water <span class="itali">that was at his head.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of water <span class="itali">that [was] at his bolster.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/26-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of water because <span class="itali">bolster</span><p><b><a href="/text/1_kings/19-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 19:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיַּבֵּ֕ט וְהִנֵּ֧ה <b> מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו </b> עֻגַ֥ת רְצָפִ֖ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_kings/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and behold, <span class="itali">there was at his head</span> a bread cake<br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of water <span class="itali">at his head.</span> And he did eat<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/19-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> looked and behold <span class="itali">his head</span> A bread the coals<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4763.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4763.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4763<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/meraashotav_4763.htm">mə·ra·’ă·šō·ṯāw — 8 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script 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