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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:15 - And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring[fn] and hers; he will crush[fn] your head, and you will strike his heel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5 - The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - Early the next morning Jacob took the stone he had placed under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on top of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 - When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given a favorable interpretation, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: On my head were three baskets of bread.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19 - Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - But Israel reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, though he was the younger, and crossing his arms, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:18 - Joseph said to him, “No, my father, this one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 - Your father’s blessings are greater than the blessings of the ancient mountains, than[fn] the bounty of the age-old hills. Let all these rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince among[fn] his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9 - Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer[fn] for each person you have in your tent.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:6 - Put the turban on his head and attach the sacred emblem to the turban.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7 - Take the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10 - “Bring the bull to the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:15 - “Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:17 - Cut the ram into pieces and wash the internal organs and the legs, putting them with the head and the other pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:19 - “Take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - one beka per person, that is, half a shekel,[fn] according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more, a total of 603,550 men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:4 - You are to lay your hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on your behalf to make atonement for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:8 - Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, on the wood that is burning on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:10 - “ ‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, you are to offer a male without defect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:12 - You are to cut it into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and the fat, on the wood that is burning on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:15

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2 - You are to lay your hand on the head of your offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash the blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8 - lay your hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13 - lay your hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4 - He is to present the bull at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the LORD. He is to lay his hand on its head and slaughter it there before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:11 - But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, as well as the head and legs, the internal organs and the intestines—

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15 - The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24 - He is to lay his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:29 - They are to lay their hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:33 - They are to lay their hand on its head and slaughter it for a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - They are to bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one for the sin offering. He is to wring its head from its neck, not dividing it completely,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:9 - Then he placed the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the sacred emblem, on the front of it, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:12

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:14 - He then presented the bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:18 - He then presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:20 - He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces and the fat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:22 - He then presented the other ram, the ram for the ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:13 - They handed him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head, and he burned them on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6 - Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become unkempt[fn] and do not tear your clothes, or you will die and the LORD will be angry with the whole community. But your relatives, all the Israelites, may mourn for those the LORD has destroyed by fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:12 - “If the disease breaks out all over their skin and, so far as the priest can see, it covers all the skin of the affected person from head to foot,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:29

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30 - the priest is to examine the sore, and if it appears to be more than skin deep and the hair in it is yellow and thin, the priest shall pronounce them unclean; it is a defiling skin disease on the head or chin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:40 - “A man who has lost his hair and is bald is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41 - If he has lost his hair from the front of his scalp and has a bald forehead, he is clean.

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