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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, , 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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:15 -

I will put hostility between you and the woman,

and between your offspring and her offspring.[fn]

He will strike your head,

and you will strike his heel.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5 -

The water continued to recede until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 -

And they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky. Let’s make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered throughout the earth.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 -

He reached a certain place and spent the night there because the sun had set. He took one of the stones from the place, put it there at his head, and lay down in that place.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 -

And he dreamed: A stairway was set on the ground with its top reaching the sky, and God’s angels were going up and down on it.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 -

Early in the morning Jacob took the stone that was near his head and set it up as a marker. He poured oil on top of it

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 -

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was positive, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream. Three baskets of white bread were on my head.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 -

“In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19 -

“In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head ​— ​from off you ​— ​and hang you on a tree.[fn] Then the birds will eat the flesh from your body.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 -

But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger, and crossing his hands, put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 -

When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he thought it was a mistake[fn] and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:18 -

Joseph said to his father, “Not that way, my father! This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 -

“The blessings of your father excel

the blessings of my ancestors[fn]

and[fn] the bounty of the ancient hills.[fn]

May they rest on the head of Joseph,

on the brow of the prince of his brothers.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9 -

“Do not eat any of it raw or cooked in boiling[fn] water, but only roasted over fire ​— ​its head as well as its legs and inner organs.

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“This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Gather as much of it as each person needs to eat. You may take two quarts[fn] per individual, according to the number of people each of you has in his tent.’ ”

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“Put the turban on his head and place the holy diadem on the turban.

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“Take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him.

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“You are to bring the bull to the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on the bull’s head.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:15 -

“Take one ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram’s head.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:17 -

“Cut the ram into pieces. Wash its entrails and legs, and place them with its head and its pieces on the altar.

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“You are to take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on the ram’s head.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 -

one-fifth of an ounce[fn] per man, that is, half a shekel according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years old or more who had crossed over to the registered group, 603,550 men.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:4 -

“He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:8 -

“Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat on top of the burning wood on the altar.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:10 -

“But if his offering for a burnt offering is from the flock, from sheep or goats, he is to present an unblemished male.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:12 -

“He will cut the animal into pieces with its head and its fat, and the priest will arrange them on top of the burning wood on the altar.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:15 -

“Then the priest is to bring it to the altar, and will twist off its head and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained at the side of the altar.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2 -

“He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests will splatter the blood on all sides of the altar.

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“He must lay his hand on the head of his offering, then slaughter it before the tent of meeting. Aaron’s sons will splatter its blood on all sides of the altar.

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“He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it before the tent of meeting. Aaron’s sons will splatter[fn] its blood on all sides of the altar.

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“He is to bring the bull to the entrance to the tent of meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD.

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“But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs, and its entrails and waste ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15 -

“The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD and it is to be slaughtered before the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24 -

“He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:29 -

“He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:33 -

“He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 -

“He is to bring them to the priest, who will first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the back of the neck without severing it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:9 -

He also put the turban on his head and placed the gold medallion, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:12 -

He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed and consecrated him.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:14 -

Then he brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:18 -

Then he presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:20 -

Moses cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:22 -

Next he presented the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:13 -

They brought him the burnt offering piece by piece, along with the head, and he burned them on the altar.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6 -

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair hang loose and do not tear your clothes, or else you will die, and the LORD will become angry with the whole community. However, your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may weep over the fire that the LORD caused.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:12 -

“But if the skin disease breaks out all over the skin so that it covers all the skin of the stricken person from his head to his feet so far as the priest can see,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:29 -

“When a man or woman has a condition on the head or chin,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30 -

“the priest is to examine the condition. If it appears to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it is yellow and sparse, the priest must pronounce the person unclean. It is a scaly outbreak, a serious skin disease of the head or chin.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:40 -

“If a man loses the hair of his head, he is bald, but he is clean.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41 -

“Or if he loses the hair at his hairline, he is bald on his forehead, but he is clean.


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