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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)
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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 339 times in 314 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 3:15–Lev 13:41)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:15 - And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5 - And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that place to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 - When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and there were three white baskets on my head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - “In the uppermost basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19 - “Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head from you and hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - Then Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - Now when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; so he took hold of his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:18 - And Joseph said to his father, “Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 - The blessings of your father
Have excelled the blessings of my ancestors,
Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills.
They shall be on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9 - ‘Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted in fire—its head with its legs and its entrails.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - “This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it according to each one’s need, one omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:6 - “You shall put the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7 - “And you shall take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10 - “You shall also have the bull brought before the tabernacle of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:15 - “You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:17 - “Then you shall cut the ram in pieces, wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and with its head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:19 - “You shall also take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a bekah for each man (that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone included in the numbering from twenty years old and above, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:4 - ‘Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:8 - ‘Then the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire upon the altar;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:10 - ‘If his offering is of the flocks—of the sheep or of the goats—as a burnt sacrifice, he shall bring a male without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:12 - ‘And he shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat; and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire upon the altar;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:15 - ‘The priest shall bring it to the altar, wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood shall be drained out at the side of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2 - ‘And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of meeting; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall sprinkle the blood all around on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8 - ‘And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of meeting; and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood all around on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13 - ‘He shall lay his hand on its head and kill it before the tabernacle of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood all around on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4 - ‘He shall bring the bull to the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and kill the bull before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:11 - ‘But the bull’s hide and all its flesh, with its head and legs, its entrails and offal—

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15 - ‘And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD. Then the bull shall be killed before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24 - ‘And he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it at the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD. It is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:29 - ‘And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:33 - ‘Then he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it as a sin offering at the place where they kill the burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - ‘And he shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it completely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:9 - And he put the turban on his head. Also on the turban, on its front, he put the golden plate, the holy crown, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:12 - And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to consecrate him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:14 - And he brought the bull for the sin offering. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:18 - Then he brought the ram as the burnt offering. And Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:20 - And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:22 - And he brought the second ram, the ram of consecration. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:13 - Then they presented the burnt offering to him, with its pieces and head, and he burned them on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6 - And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, “Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD has kindled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:12 - “And if leprosy breaks out all over the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of the one who has the sore, from his head to his foot, wherever the priest looks,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:29 - “If a man or woman has a sore on the head or the beard,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30 - “then the priest shall examine the sore; and indeed if it appears deeper than the skin, and there is in it thin yellow hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean. It is a scaly leprosy of the head or beard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:40 - “As for the man whose hair has fallen from his head, he is bald, but he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41 - “He whose hair has fallen from his forehead, he is bald on the forehead, but he is clean.

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