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

Matthew 5:36 Nor shall you take an oath by your head (kephalē | κεφαλῇ | dat sg fem), because you cannot make a single hair white or black.
Matthew 6:17 But when you fast, anoint your head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) with oil and wash your face,
Matthew 8:20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have lairs and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem)
Matthew 10:30 But even the hairs of your head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem) have all been counted.
Matthew 14:8 Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
Matthew 14:11 And his head (kephalē | κεφαλή | nom sg fem) was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.
Matthew 21:42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘A stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem); this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’?
Matthew 26:7 a woman came to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive perfume that she poured over his head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem) as he reclined at table.
Matthew 27:29 and twisting together a crown of thorns, they placed it on his head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem). They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling before him they mocked him, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!”
Matthew 27:30 And they spat on him, and took the staff and kept beating him over the head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem).
Matthew 27:37 And above his head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem) they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.”
Matthew 27:39 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem)
Mark 6:24 So she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” And her mother said, “The head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) of John the baptizer.”
Mark 6:25 And immediately, entering with haste to the king, she asked him, saying, “I want you to give me right now the head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) of John the baptizer on a platter.”
Mark 6:27 So without delay the king dispatched the executioner and ordered him to bring John’s head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem). He went and beheaded John in prison,
Mark 6:28 and brought his head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) on a platter and gave it to the young girl. She in turn gave it to her mother.
Mark 12:10 Have you not even read this scripture: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the capstone (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem);
Mark 14:3 And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he reclined at table, there came a woman with an alabaster flask of very costly anointment of pure nard; and breaking the flask, she poured it over his head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem).
Mark 15:19 And they kept striking his head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) with a staff and spitting on him; and falling to their knees, they paid homage to him.
Mark 15:29 And those passing by ridiculed him, wagging their heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem), and saying, “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,
Luke 7:38 and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to bathe his feet with her tears. She kept wiping his feet with the hair of her head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem), and kissing them and pouring the perfume on them.
Luke 7:46 You did not anoint my head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) with oil, but she has poured perfume on my feet.
Luke 9:58 Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem)
Luke 12:7 In fact, even the hairs of your head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem) are all numbered. Do not fear; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Luke 20:17 But looking straight at them he said, “What then is this that is written: “The stone that the builders rejected — this one became the head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) of the corner’?