# מְרַאֲשָׁה (meraashah)

Israeli respelling: me-ra-a-shah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4763. 8 Old Testament occurrences.

properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow)

King James renderings: bolster, head, pillow. Compare H4772 (מַרְגְלָה).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/meraashah-h4763

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 28:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/28/11) — And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put…
- [Genesis 28:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/28/18) — And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon…
- [1 Samuel 19:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/19/13) — And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
- [1 Samuel 19:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/19/16) — And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
- [1 Samuel 26:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/7) — So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at hi…
- [1 Samuel 26:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/11) — The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his…
- [1 Samuel 26:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/16) — This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD’s anoi…
- [1 Kings 19:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/19/6) — And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him d…