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

1 Peter 2:7 Therefore the great value is to you who believe; but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected, this very one has become the cornerstone,” (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem)
Revelation 1:14 His head (kephalē | κεφαλή | nom sg fem) and his hair were white, like white wool, like snow, and his eyes were like a flame of fire.
Revelation 4:4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, and upon their heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) were crowns of gold.
Revelation 9:7 In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle. On their heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces.
Revelation 9:17 And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: The riders wore breastplates that were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow like sulfur, and the heads (kephalai | κεφαλαί | nom pl fem) of the horses were like lions’ heads (kephalai | κεφαλαί | nom pl fem), and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and sulfur.
Revelation 9:19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents, having heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem); and with them they inflict harm.
Revelation 10:1 Then I saw another powerful angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem); his face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
Revelation 12:1 Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem) was a crown of twelve stars.
Revelation 12:3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) and ten horns, and on its heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) were seven crowns.
Revelation 13:1 And I saw, rising out of the sea, a beast with ten horns and seven heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem). On his ten horns were ten crowns and on his heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) were written blasphemous names.
Revelation 13:3 One of the beast’s heads (kephalōn | κεφαλῶν | gen pl fem) appeared to have been mortally wounded, but his deadly wound had been healed. The whole world marveled as they followed the beast.
Revelation 14:14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man. He had a golden crown on his head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem) and a sharp sickle in his hand.
Revelation 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into a wilderness, and there I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast covered with blasphemous names. It had seven heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) and ten horns.
Revelation 17:7 Then the angel said to me, “Why are you astounded? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with seven heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) and ten horns that carries her.
Revelation 17:9 “This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads (kephalai | κεφαλαί | nom pl fem) are seven mountains on which the woman sits. They are also seven kings:
Revelation 18:19 And they threw dust on their heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) and cried out as they wept and mourned, saying, “Alas, alas, O great city by which all who had ships at sea grew rich from her prosperity! For in a single hour she has been brought to ruin.
Revelation 19:12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows except himself.