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Lexicon :: Strong's G2776 - kephalē

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κεφαλή
Transliteration
kephalē (Key)
Pronunciation
kef-al-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the primary kapto (in the sense of seizing)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:673,429

Strong’s Definitions

κεφαλή kephalḗ, kef-al-ay'; from the primary κάπτω káptō (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively:—head.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 76x

The KJV translates Strong's G2776 in the following manner: head (76x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 76x
The KJV translates Strong's G2776 in the following manner: head (76x).

  1. the head, both of men and often of animals. Since the loss of the head destroys life, this word is used in the phrases relating to capital and extreme punishment.

  2. metaph. anything supreme, chief, prominent

    1. of persons, master lord: of a husband in relation to his wife

    2. of Christ: the Lord of the husband and of the Church

    3. of things: the corner stone

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κεφαλή kephalḗ, kef-al-ay'; from the primary κάπτω káptō (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively:—head.
STRONGS G2776:
κεφαλή, κεφαλῆς, ἡ, the Sept. for רֹאשׁ; the head, both of men: Matthew 5:36; Mark 6:24; Luke 7:38, 44 (Rec.),46; John 13:9; Acts 18:18; 1 Corinthians 11:4; Revelation 1:14; Revelation 4:4, and often; and of animals: Revelation 9:7, 17, 19, etc.; on the phrases κλίνειν τήν κεφαλήν, ἐπαίρειν τήν κεφαλήν, see κλίνω, 1 and ἐπαίρω; on the saying in Romans 12:20, see under ἄνθραξ. Since the loss of the head destroys the life, κεφαλή is used in phrases relating to capital and extreme punishments: so in τό αἷμα ὑμῶν ἐπί τήν κεφαλήν ὑμῶν (see αἷμα, 2 a., p. 15{b}), Acts 18:6, and similar phrases in classical Greek; see Passow, under the word, p. 1717{a}; Pape under the word, 3; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. 3 and 4). Metaphorically, anything supreme, chief, prominent; of persons, master, lord: τίνος, of a husband in relation to his wife, 1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 5:23; of Christ, the lord of the husband, 1 Corinthians 11:3 (cf. Buttmann, 124f (109)); of the church, Ephesians 4:15; Ephesians 5:23; Colossians 2:19 (cf. Buttmann, § 143, 4 c.); τοῦ σώματος τῆς ἐκκλησίας, Colossians 1:18; πάσης ἀρχῆς καί ἐξουσίας, Colossians 2:10; so Judges 11:11; 2 Samuel 22:44, and in Byzantine writings of things: κεφαλῆς γωνίας, the corner-stone, see γωνία, a. ((From Homer down.))
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges
11:11
2 Samuel
22:44
Matthew
5:36
Mark
6:24
Luke
7:38; 7:44
John
13:9
Acts
18:6; 18:18
Romans
12:20
1 Corinthians
11:3; 11:3; 11:4
Ephesians
4:15; 5:23; 5:23
Colossians
1:18; 2:10; 2:19
Revelation
1:14; 4:4; 9:7; 9:17; 9:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2776 matches the Greek κεφαλή (kephalē),
which occurs 76 times in 68 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Mat 5:36–Col 2:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:36 - “Nor shall you make an oath by your head G2776, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17 - “But you, when you fast, anoint your head G2776 and wash your face

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:20 - And Jesus *said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the [fn]air have [fn]nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head G2776.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:30 - “But the very hairs of your head G2776 are all numbered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:8 - Now having been prompted by her mother, she *said, “Give me here on a platter the head G2776 of John the Baptist.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:11 - And his head G2776 was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:42 -

Jesus *said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures,

‘THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED,

THIS BECAME THE CHIEF G2776 CORNER stone;

THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE [fn]LORD,

AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:7 - a woman came to Him with an alabaster jar of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head G2776 as He reclined at the table.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:29 - And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head G2776, and a [fn]reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:30 - And they spat on Him, and took the reed and began to beat Him on the head G2776.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:37 - And above His head G2776 they put up the charge against Him [fn]which read, “THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:39 - And those passing by were blaspheming Him, shaking their heads G2776

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:24 - And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head G2776 of John the Baptist.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 - And immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head G2776 of John the Baptist on a platter.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:27 - And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head G2776. And he went and beheaded him in the prison,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:28 - and brought his head G2776 on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:10 - “Have you not even read this Scripture:

‘THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED,

THIS HAS BECOME THE CHIEF G2776 CORNER stone;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:3 -

And while He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster jar of perfume of very costly pure [fn]nard; and she broke the jar and poured it over His head G2776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:19 - And they kept beating His head G2776 with a [fn]reed, and spitting on Him; and kneeling, they were bowing down before Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:29 - And those passing by were blaspheming Him, shaking their heads G2776, and saying, “Ha! You who are going to destroy the [fn]sanctuary and rebuild it in three days,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:38 - And standing behind Him at His feet, crying, she began to wet His feet with her tears. And she kept wiping them with the hair of her head G2776, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:44 - And turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:46 - “You did not anoint My head G2776 with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:58 - And Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the [fn]air have [fn]nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head G2776.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:7 - “Indeed, the very hairs of your head G2776 are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:17 - But when [fn]Jesus looked at them, He said, “What then is this that is written:

‘THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED,

THIS BECAME THE CHIEF G2776 CORNER stone’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:18 - “Yet not a hair of your head G2776 will perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:28 - “But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads G2776, because your redemption is drawing near.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:9 - Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head G2776.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:2 - And when the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head G2776, and put a purple [fn]robe on Him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:30 - Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head G2776, He gave up His spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:7 - and the face-cloth which had been on His head G2776, not lying with the linen wrappings, but folded up in a place by itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:12 - and she *saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head G2776 and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:11 - “[fn]He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF G2776 CORNER stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:6 - But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads G2776! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:18 -

And Paul, having remained many days longer, took leave of the brothers and put out to sea for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. In Cenchreae [fn]he had his hair G2776 cut, for he was keeping a vow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:24 - take them and purify yourself along with them, and [fn]pay their expenses so that they may shave their [fn]heads G2776. Then all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:34 - “Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your [fn]salvation, for not a hair from the head G2776 of any of you will perish.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:20 - “BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD G2776.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:3 - But I want you to understand that [fn]Christ is the head G2776 of every man, and the man is the head G2776 of a woman, and God is the head G2776 of [fn]Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:4 - Every man who has something on his head G2776 while praying or prophesying, shames his head G2776.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:5 - But every woman who has her head G2776 uncovered while praying or prophesying, shames her head G2776, for she is one and the same as the woman [fn]whose head is shaved.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:7 - For a man ought not to have his head G2776 covered, since he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:10 - Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head G2776, because of the angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:21 - And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again the head G2776 to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:22 - And HE PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET, and gave Him as head G2776 over all things to the church,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:15 - but [fn]speaking the truth in love, [fn]we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head G2776, that is Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:23 - For the husband is the head G2776 of the wife, as Christ also is the head G2776 of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:18 -

And He is the head G2776 of the body, the church;

Who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:10 - and in Him you have been filled, who is the head G2776 [fn]over all rule and authority;

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