Vocabulary Form
κεφαλή, -ῆς, ἡ
Definition

head

Erasmian
Modern
Root
κεφαλη
Frequency
75
GK
3051
Cognates

Hydrocephalus (uJdrokevfalon) is the name given to the condition of an increase in the amount of water in the cranium with resulting brain damage.

Mnemonic Singing

O sacred head now wounded,
with grief and shame weighed down.

Song

Biblical Concordance

Luke 21:18 Yet not a hair of your head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem) will perish.
Luke 21:28 Now when these things begin to happen, straighten yourselves up and raise your heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem), because your deliverance is drawing near.”
John 13:9 Simon Peter exclaimed, “Lord, then wash not only my feet but also my hands and my head!” (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem)
John 19:2 And the soldiers twisted some thorns into a crown and placed it on his head (kephalē | κεφαλῇ | dat sg fem), and they threw a purple robe around him.
John 19:30 When he had taken the sour wine, Jesus said, “It is accomplished!” And he bowed his head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) and handed over his spirit.
John 20:7 and the face cloth that had been on Jesus’ head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem); it was not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself.
John 20:12 She saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head (kephalē | κεφαλῇ | dat sg fem) and the other at the feet of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying.
Acts 4:11 This is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the chief (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) cornerstone.
Acts 18:6 But when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own head! (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) I am guiltless. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
Acts 18:18 Paul, after remaining there for a number of days, said farewell to the brothers and sailed away to Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had his head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) shaved, for he had taken a vow.
Acts 21:24 Take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses that they may shave their heads (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem), and everyone will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself walk keeping the law.
Acts 27:34 Therefore I urge you to take some food; for this is for your survival, for not a hair will perish from the head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem) of any of you.”
Romans 12:20 To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by doing this you will heap burning coals on his head.” (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem)
1 Corinthians 11:3 But I want you to understand that the head (kephalē | κεφαλή | nom sg fem) of every man is Christ, and the head (kephalē | κεφαλή | nom sg fem) of a wife is her husband, and the head (kephalē | κεφαλή | nom sg fem) of Christ is God.
1 Corinthians 11:4 Any man who prays or prophesies with his head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem) covered disgraces his head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem),
1 Corinthians 11:5 but any wife who prays or prophesies with her head (kephalē | κεφαλῇ | dat sg fem) uncovered disgraces her head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem), for it is one and the same as a woman who has her head shaved.
1 Corinthians 11:7 For a man should not have his head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) covered, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.
1 Corinthians 11:10 For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem), because of the angels.
1 Corinthians 12:21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head (kephalē | κεφαλή | nom sg fem) to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
Ephesians 1:22 And he placed all things under Christ’s feet and gave him as head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) over all things to the church,
Ephesians 4:15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in every way into him who is the head (kephalē | κεφαλή | nom sg fem), Christ,
Ephesians 5:23 for the husband is the head (kephalē | κεφαλή | nom sg fem) of the wife as Christ also is the head (kephalē | κεφαλή | nom sg fem) of the church, and is himself the savior of the body.
Colossians 1:18 And he is the head (kephalē | κεφαλή | nom sg fem) of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, in order that he might be preeminent in everything. he preeminent
Colossians 2:10 and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head (kephalē | κεφαλή | nom sg fem) of every principality and power.
Colossians 2:19 That person is not holding fast to the head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem), from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, nourished and held together grows with a growth that is from God.