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κεφαλή

MainId: 002787000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: κ

StrongCodes: G2776

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 002787001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: κεφαλή
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ῆς
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'κεφαλιόω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 002787001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 8.10
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products
  LEXSubDomains: Parts of the Body
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-10-06 12:44:50
    DefinitionShort: uppermost part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs; associated with the entire person, that person’s life and responsibilities
    Glosses: head
    Comments: In some languages it may be necessary to distinguish clearly between the head which is still a part of a body and a severed head. It is this latter meaning which is obviously involved in {S:04100602500038}.|In rendering {S:04601100400022}, πᾶς ἀνὴρ προσευχόμενος ἢ προφητεύων κατὰ κεφαλῆς ἔχων ‘any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered,’ it may be important to indicate that the covering is not one which is designed to cover the entire head including the face, but only the top of the head. The same applies, of course, to {S:04601100500024} and {S:04601100700016}.
  LEXReferences: MAT 5:36, MAT 6:17, MAT 10:30, MAT 14:8, MAT 14:11, MAT 26:7, MAT 27:29, MAT 27:30, MAT 27:37, MAT 27:39, MARK 6:24, MARK 6:25, MARK 6:27, MARK 6:28, MARK 14:3, MARK 15:19, MARK 15:29, LUKE 7:38, LUKE 7:46, LUKE 12:7, LUKE 21:18, LUKE 21:28, YHN 13:9, YHN 19:2, YHN 19:30, YHN 20:7, YHN 20:12, ACTs 18:6, ACTs 18:18, ACTs 21:24, ACTs 27:34, ROM 12:20, 1COR 11:4, 1COR 11:4, 1COR 11:5, 1COR 11:5, 1COR 11:7, 1COR 11:10, 1COR 12:21, REV 1:14, REV 4:4, REV 9:7, REV 9:17, REV 9:17, REV 9:19, REV 10:1, REV 12:1, REV 12:3, REV 12:3, REV 13:1, REV 13:1, REV 13:3, REV 14:14, REV 17:3, REV 17:7, REV 17:9, REV 18:19, REV 19:12
2. LEXID: 002787001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 87.51
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Status
  LEXSubDomains: High Status or Rank [including persons of high status]
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-10-06 12:44:50
    DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:κεφαλή}[a] ‘head,’ {D:8.10}) one who is of supreme or pre-eminent status, in view of authority to order or command
    Glosses: ['one who is the head of', 'one who is superior to', 'one who is supreme over']
  LEXReferences: 1COR 11:3, 1COR 11:3, 1COR 11:3, EPH 1:22, EPH 4:15, EPH 5:23, EPH 5:23, COL 1:18, COL 2:10, COL 2:19
3. LEXID: 002787001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 7.44
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Constructions
  LEXSubDomains: Parts and Areas of Buildings
  LEXCollocations: κεφαλὴ γωνίας
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-10-06 12:44:50
    DefinitionShort: (a set phrase, literally: head of the corner) the cornerstone or capstone of a building, essential to its construction (κεφαλὴ γωνίας occurs in the NT only figuratively in reference to Christ)
    Glosses: ['cornerstone', 'important stone']
    Comments: Though some scholars have thought that κεφαλὴ γωνίας refers to a keystone of an arch or the lintel stone over a door, it is highly probable that κεφαλὴ γωνίας has essentially the same meaning as ἀκρογωνιαῖος.
  LEXReferences: MAT 21:42, MARK 12:10, LUKE 20:17, ACTs 4:11, 1PET 2:7
  LEXLinks: Realia:3.1.1.1
4. LEXID: 002787001004000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 23.83
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Physiological Processes and States
  LEXSubDomains: Tire, Rest
  LEXCollocations: τὴν κεφαλὴν κλίνω
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-10-06 12:44:50
    DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to lay down the head) to experience the rest which comes from sleep
    Glosses: ['to lie down to rest', 'to lie down to sleep']
    Comments: ὁ δὲ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἔχει ποῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν κλίνω ‘the Son of Man has no place to lie down to rest’ {S:04000802000050}, implies that Jesus possessed no permanent home. In {S:04301903000026} this same expression must be understood not as an idiom but as a case of literally bowing the head (see {D:16.16}).
  LEXReferences: MAT 8:20, LUKE 9:58
5. LEXID: 002787001005000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 49.16
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning
  LEXCollocations: κατὰ κεφαλῆς ἔχω
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-10-06 12:44:50
    DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: to have down on the head) to wear a covering over one’s head
    Glosses: ['to have one’s head covered', 'to cover one’s head']
  LEXReferences: 1COR 11:4