What does רֹאשׁ · אָב mean in the Bible?
רֹאשׁ · אָב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "heads or chiefs of fathers’ houses".
Hebrew · H7218, H1
רָאשֵׁי הָאָבוֹת
The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) · father , in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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רֹאשׁ H7218 the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Pronunciation rosh
Physical apex extends metaphorically to leadership, primacy, and authority across spatial, temporal, and social domains.
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אָב H1 father , in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Pronunciation ʾāb
Father as both literal parent and figurative source/founder; extends to ancestor, chief, and originating authority
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What does רָאשֵׁי הָאָבוֹת (rāʾšê hāʾāvôt) mean in the Bible?
רֹאשׁ · אָב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "heads or chiefs of fathers’ houses".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7218, H1?
H7218, H1 is connected to 1,813 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. heads or chiefs of fathers’ houses
Strong's H7218, H1
Lexical occurrences 1,813 verses Source Gloss
heads or chiefs of fathers’ houses
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain