Strong's #2776: kephale (pronounced kef-al-ay')
from the primary kapto (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively:--head.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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kephalē
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) metaphorically anything supreme, chief, prominent
2a) of persons, master lord: of a husband in relation to his wife
2b) of Christ: the Lord of the husband and of the Church
2c) of things: the corner stone
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from the primary kapto (in the sense of seizing)
Citing in TDNT: 3:673, 429
Usage:
This word is used 76 times:
Matthew 5:36: "shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make"
Matthew 6:17: "when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;"
Matthew 8:20: "not where to lay his head."
Matthew 10:30: "very hairs of your head are all numbered."
Matthew 14:8: "here John Baptist's head in a charger."
Matthew 14:11: "And his head was brought in a charger, and given"
Matthew 21:42: "the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing,"
Matthew 26:7: "poured it on his head, as he sat"
Matthew 27:29: "they put it upon his head, and a reed in his"
Matthew 27:30: "him on the head."
Matthew 27:37: "set up over his head his accusation written, THIS"
Matthew 27:39: "him, wagging their heads,"
Mark 6:24: "she said, The head of John the Baptist."
Mark 6:25: "in a charger the head of John the Baptist."
Mark 6:27: "an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went"
Mark 6:28: "And brought his head in a charger, and gave"
Mark 12:10: "is become the head of the corner:"
Mark 14:3: "box, and poured it on his head."
Mark 15:19: "they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him,"
Mark 15:29: "him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest"
Luke 7:38: "them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet,"
Luke 7:44: "them with the hairs of her head."
Luke 7:46: "My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed"
Luke 9:58: "not where to lay his head."
Luke 12:7: "the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not"
Luke 20:17: "the same is become the head of the corner?"
Luke 21:18: "a hair of your head perish."
Luke 21:28: "and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh."
John 13:9: "also my hands and my head."
John 19:2: "thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple"
John 19:30: "It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."
John 20:7: "was about his head, not lying with the"
John 20:12: "the one at the head, and the other at the"
Acts 4:11: "builders, which is become the head of the corner."
Acts 18:6: "blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth"
Acts 18:18: "Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for"
Acts 21:24: "them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that"
Acts 27:34: "fall from the head of any of you."
Romans 12:20: "coals of fire on his head."
1 Corinthians 11:3: "know, that the head of every man is Christ;"
1 Corinthians 11:3: "is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and"
1 Corinthians 11:3: "is the man; and the head of Christ is God."
1 Corinthians 11:4: "or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head."
1 Corinthians 11:4: "his head covered, dishonoreth his head."
1 Corinthians 11:5: "that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head:"
1 Corinthians 11:5: "uncovered dishonoreth her head: for that is even all one"
1 Corinthians 11:7: "ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory"
1 Corinthians 11:10: "woman to have power on her head because of the angels."
1 Corinthians 12:21: "of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have"
Ephesians 1:22: "and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,"
