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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 Box Gen 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:15 - And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt 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, were the tops of the mountains seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the 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 unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19 - Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:18 - And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 - The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9 - Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:6 - And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7 - Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10 - And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:15 - Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:17 - And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:19 - And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:4 - And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:10 - And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it 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 his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:15 - And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2 - And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8 - And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13 - And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4 - And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:11 - And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung,

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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 upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock 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 upon the head of the goat, and kill it in 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 upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:33 - And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in 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 unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:9 - And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:12 - And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:18 - And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon 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 burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 8:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:13 - And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6 - And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:12 - And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:29 - If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30 - Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:40 - And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41 - And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.

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