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רֹאשׁ

roshpoisonHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine12 occurrences7 books12 verses

Definition

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

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders רֹאשׁ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

12 total
  1. Deuteronomy 29:18רֹ֖אשׁ · such poisonous
    Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
  2. Deuteronomy 32:32ר֔וֹשׁ · are poisonous
    But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.
  3. Deuteronomy 32:33וְרֹ֥אשׁ · poison
    Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
  4. Job 20:16רֹאשׁ־ · the poison
    He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.
  5. Psalm 69:21רֹ֑אשׁ · with gall
    They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst.
  6. Jeremiah 8:14רֹ֔אשׁ · He has given us poisoned
    Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
  7. Jeremiah 9:15רֹֽאשׁ׃ · and give them poisoned
    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
  8. Jeremiah 23:15רֹ֑אשׁ · and give them poisoned
    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
  9. Lamentations 3:5רֹ֥אשׁ · with bitterness
    He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
  10. Lamentations 3:19וָרֹֽאשׁ׃ · and the gall
    Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
  11. Hosea 10:4כָּרֹאשׁ֙ · like poisonous weeds
    They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
  12. Amos 6:12לְרֹאשׁ֙ · into poison
    “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—