Strong's Concordance kephalé: the head Original Word: κεφαλή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kephalé Phonetic Spelling: (kef-al-ay') Short Definition: the head Definition: (a) the head, (b) met: a corner stone, uniting two walls; head, ruler, lord. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2776: κεφαλήκεφαλή, 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.)) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance head. From the primary kapto (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively -- head. Forms and Transliterations κεφαλαι κεφαλαί κεφαλαὶ κεφαλαίς κεφαλας κεφαλάς κεφαλὰς κεφαλη κεφαλή κεφαλὴ κεφαλῇ κεφαλην κεφαλήν κεφαλὴν κεφαλης κεφαλής κεφαλῆς κεφαλων κεφαλών κεφαλῶν kephalai kephalaì kephalas kephalás kephalàs kephale kephalē kephalḗ kephalḕ kephalêi kephalē̂i kephalen kephalēn kephalḗn kephalḕn kephales kephalês kephalēs kephalē̂s kephalon kephalôn kephalōn kephalō̂nLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 277675 Occurrences κεφαλαὶ — 3 Occ. κεφαλὰς — 13 Occ. κεφαλῇ — 15 Occ. κεφαλὴν — 28 Occ. κεφαλῆς — 15 Occ. κεφαλῶν — 1 Occ. Matthew 5:36 N-DFS GRK: ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ σου ὀμόσῃς NAS: shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot KJV: by thy head, because thou canst INT: by the head of you shall you swear Matthew 6:17 N-AFS Matthew 8:20 N-AFS Matthew 10:30 N-GFS Matthew 14:8 N-AFS Matthew 14:11 N-NFS Matthew 21:42 N-AFS Matthew 26:7 N-GFS Matthew 27:29 N-GFS Matthew 27:30 N-AFS Matthew 27:37 N-GFS Matthew 27:39 N-AFP Mark 6:24 N-AFS Mark 6:25 N-AFS Mark 6:27 N-AFS Mark 6:28 N-AFS Mark 12:10 N-AFS Mark 14:3 N-GFS Mark 15:19 N-AFS Mark 15:29 N-AFP Luke 7:38 N-GFS Luke 7:46 N-AFS Luke 9:58 N-AFS Luke 12:7 N-GFS Luke 20:17 N-AFS |
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