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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5 - And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:4 - And they said, Come, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name; lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:11 - And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - And he dreamed; and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 - When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19 - within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:17 - And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:18 - And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:26 -
The blessings of thy father
Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors
Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills:
They shall be on the head of Joseph,
And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9 - Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:6 - and thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:7 - Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:10 - And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:15 - Thou shalt also take the one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:17 - And thou shalt cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its inwards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:19 - And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:26 - a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:4 - And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:8 - and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:10 - And if his oblation be of the flock, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt-offering; he shall offer it a male without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:12 - And he shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat; and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:15

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:2 - And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting: and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:8 - and he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it before the tent of meeting: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:13 - and he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:4 - And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah; and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:11 - And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its inwards, and its dung,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:15 - And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before Jehovah; and the bullock shall be killed before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:24 - And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before Jehovah: it is a sin-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:29 - And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill the sin-offering in the place of burnt-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:33 - And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill it for a sin-offering in the place where they kill the burnt-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:8 - And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it asunder:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:9 - And he set the mitre upon his head; and upon the mitre, in front, did he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:12 - And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:14 - And he brought the bullock of the sin-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sin-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:18 - And he presented the ram of the burnt-offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:20 - And he cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:22 - And he presented the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:13 - And they delivered the burnt-offering unto him, piece by piece, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:6 - And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes; that ye die not, and that he be not wroth with all the congregation: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:12 - And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:29 - And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30 - then the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, and there be in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:40 - And if a man’s hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:41 - And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald; yet is he clean.

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