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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 12 times in 12 verses in 'Mat' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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 BoxMat 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 BoxMat 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:20 - 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 BoxMat 10:30

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:8 - 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 BoxMat 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

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 LORD,
AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES’?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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 BoxMat 27:30

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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 BoxMat 27:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:39 - And those passing by were [fn]hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads G2776
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