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Lexicon :: Strong's G2776 - kephalē

Aa
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 75 times in 67 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:7 - Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:14 - The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 4:4 - Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:7 - The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:17 - The horses and riders I saw in my vision looked like this: Their breastplates were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of the horses resembled the heads of lions, and out of their mouths came fire, smoke and sulfur.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:19 - The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails were like snakes, having heads with which they inflict injury.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:1 - Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:1 - A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:3 - Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on its heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:1 - The dragon[fn] stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:3 - One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:14 - I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man[fn] with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:3 - Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:7 - Then the angel said to me: “Why are you astonished? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast she rides, which has the seven heads and ten horns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:9 - “This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19 - They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out: “ ‘Woe! Woe to you, great city, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:12 - His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.

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