κεφαλή kephalē

Greek word for “head” · Strong’s G2776 · used 75 times in 67 verses

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Meaning

κεφαλή, -ῆς, ἡ; the head:, 9:7, al.

How it is translated

Glosses given for kephalē in context, with how often each is used:

• head 55
• heads 17
• chief 2
• his head 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 11 (5), Matthew 27 (4), Mark 6 (4), Revelation 9 (3), Revelation 17 (3), Matthew 14 (2), Mark 15 (2), Luke 7 (2), Luke 21 (2), John 19 (2)

Forms

• κεφαλὴν 24
• κεφαλῆς 15
• κεφαλὰς 13
• κεφαλὴ 10
• κεφαλῇ 4
• κεφαλήν 4
• κεφαλαὶ 3
• κεφαλή 1
• κεφαλῶν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kephalē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• θρίξ thrix “hair” 7
• γυνή gunē “woman” 11
• στέφανος stephanos “crown” 6
• πούς pous “foot” 8
• γωνία gōnia “corner” 5
• πίναξ pinax “platter” 4
• λευκός leukos “white” 5
• ἀποδοκιμάζω apodokimazō “to reject” 4
• οἰκοδομέω oikodomeō “to build” 5
• κέρας keras “horn” 4
• μύρον muron “ointment” 4
• λίθος lithos “stone” 5

Key verses

The verses using kephalē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 27:39 — And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
• John 19:30 — When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
• Acts 4:11 — This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
• Acts 18:6 — And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I…
• Ephesians 4:15 — But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
• Colossians 1:18 — And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
• Colossians 2:19 — And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
• 1 Peter 2:7 — Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the…
• Revelation 4:4 — And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their…
• Revelation 10:1 — And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet…
• Revelation 12:1 — And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
• Revelation 13:1 — And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.