ROSH rŏsh (רֹ֑אשׁ). 1. The seventh son or grandson of Benjamin (Gen 46:21).

2. In the ASV this word appears in the title of Gog, who is described as “the prince of Rosh” (Ezek 38:2, 3; 39:1), but the margin has “or, ‘chief prince of.’” A people or country named Rosh is impossible to identify, although Russia and Rasu in Assyria have been suggested. Instead of Rosh the KJV and RSV have the “chief prince of,” but this would imply an unusual construction and is not generally favored by textual scholars and exegetes. Russians are mentioned for the first time in the 10th century a.d. by Byzantine writers under the name of ̔Ρώς, and by Ibn Fosslan under the name of Rus, a people dwelling on the river Volga. It is therefore unlikely that the prophet could be referring to them.