מְרַאֲשָׁהmᵉraʼăshâh/mer-ah-ash-aw'/
HebrewH47638 occurrences (KJV)
properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow)
KJV renders it: bolster, head, pillow. Compare H4772 (מַרְגְלָה).
Where it appears
- Gen 28:11He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
- Gen 28:18Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.
- 1 Sam 19:13Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with clothes.
- 1 Sam 19:16When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.
- 1 Sam 26:7So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay around him.
- 1 Sam 26:11Yahweh forbid that I should stretch out my hand against Yahweh’s anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go.”
- 1 Sam 26:16This thing isn’t good that you have done. As Yahweh lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, Yahweh’s anointed. Now see where the king’s spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head.”
- 1 Kgs 19:6He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.