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Greek word study

κεφαλήkephalḗ — the head

(a) the head, (b) met: a corner stone, uniting two walls; head, ruler, lord.

Translated in the King James as: head

Appears 72 times in Scripture

Origin: from the primary (in the sense of seizing);

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Where it appears

Matthew — 11×

Matt 5:36 Matt 6:17 Matt 8:20 Matt 10:30 Matt 14:8 Matt 14:11 Matt 26:7 Matt 27:29 Matt 27:30 Matt 27:37 Matt 27:39

Mark — 7×

Mark 6:24 Mark 6:25 Mark 6:27 Mark 6:28 Mark 14:3 Mark 15:19 Mark 15:29

Luke — 7×

Luke 7:38 Luke 7:46 Luke 9:58 Luke 12:7 Luke 20:17 Luke 21:18 Luke 21:28

John — 5×

John 13:9 John 19:2 John 19:30 John 20:7 John 20:12

Acts — 5×

Acts 4:11 Acts 18:6 Acts 18:18 Acts 21:24 Acts 27:34

Romans — 1×

1 Corinthians — 10×

1 Cor 11:3 1 Cor 11:4 1 Cor 11:5 1 Cor 11:7 1 Cor 11:10 1 Cor 12:21+ 4 more in 1 Corinthians

Ephesians — 4×

Eph 1:22 Eph 4:15 Eph 5:23+ 1 more in Ephesians

Colossians — 3×

Col 1:18 Col 2:10 Col 2:19

Revelation — 19×

Rev 1:14 Rev 4:4 Rev 9:7 Rev 9:17 Rev 9:19 Rev 10:1 Rev 12:1 Rev 12:3 Rev 13:1 Rev 13:3 Rev 14:14 Rev 17:3 Rev 17:7 Rev 17:9 Rev 18:19 Rev 19:12+ 3 more in Revelation

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.