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:
Ephesians 4:15: "which is the head, even Christ:"
Ephesians 5:23: "the husband is the head of the wife, even as"
Ephesians 5:23: "even as Christ is the head of the church: and he"
Colossians 1:18: "he is the head of the body, the church:"
Colossians 2:10: "which is the head of all principality and power:"
Colossians 2:19: "not holding the Head, from which all the"
1 Peter 2:7: "the same is made the head of the corner,"
Revelation 1:14: "His head and his hairs were white like wool,"
Revelation 4:4: "in white raiment; and they had on their heads"
Revelation 9:7: "and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold,"
Revelation 9:17: "brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads"
Revelation 9:17: "of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their"
Revelation 9:19: "were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt."
Revelation 10:1: "and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were"
Revelation 12:1: "and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:"
Revelation 12:3: "dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and"
Revelation 12:3: "crowns upon his heads."
Revelation 13:1: "sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and"
Revelation 13:1: "and upon his heads the name of blasphemy."
Revelation 13:3: "I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;"
Revelation 14:14: "having on his head a golden crown, and in"
Revelation 17:3: "of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns."
Revelation 17:7: "which hath the seven heads and ten horns."
Revelation 17:9: "wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains,"
Revelation 18:19: "dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and"
Revelation 19:12: "and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name"
