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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 26 times in 26 verses in 'Psa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:3 - But you, O LORD, are a shield about me,
my glory, and the lifter of my head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16 - His mischief returns upon his own head,
and on his own skull his violence descends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:43

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:43 - You delivered me from strife with the people;
you made me the head of the nations;
people whom I had not known served me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:3 - For you meet him with rich blessings;
you set a crown of fine gold upon his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:7 - All who see me mock me;
they make mouths at me; they wag their heads;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:5 - You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:6 - And now my head shall be lifted up
above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in his tent
sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing and make melody to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4 - For my iniquities have gone over my head;
like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 - For evils have encompassed me
beyond number;
my iniquities have overtaken me,
and I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs of my head;
my heart fails me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14 - You have made us a byword among the nations,
a laughingstock[fn] among the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:7 - Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet;
Judah is my scepter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:12 - you let men ride over our heads;
we went through fire and through water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:21 - But God will strike the heads of his enemies,
the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:4 - More in number than the hairs of my head
are those who hate me without cause;
mighty are those who would destroy me,
those who attack me with lies.
What I did not steal
must I now restore?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13 - You divided the sea by your might;
you broke the heads of the sea monsters[fn] on the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14 - You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:2 - For behold, your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate you have raised their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:8 - Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah my scepter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:25 - I am an object of scorn to my accusers;
when they see me, they wag their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:6 - He will execute judgment among the nations,
filling them with corpses;
he will shatter chiefs[fn]
over the wide earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 110:7 - He will drink from the brook by the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:22 - The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 133:2 - It is like the precious oil on the head,
running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron,
running down on the collar of his robes!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:7 - O LORD, my Lord, the strength of my salvation,
you have covered my head in the day of battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 - As for the head of those who surround me,
let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:5 - Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
let my head not refuse it.
Yet my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
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