head

Greek Noun Female

κεφαλή, -ῆς, ἡ [in LXX nearly always for רֹאשׁ;] the head: Mat.5:35, Mrk.6:24, Rev.1:14 9:7, al. mult; figuratively, ἄνθρακες ἐπὶ τὴν κ, Rom.12:20 (LXX); αἷμι, Act.18:6; metaphorically, of a husband, with genitive, 1Co.1:13, Eph.5:23; of Christ, 1Co.11:3, Eph.4:15 5:23, Col.1:18 2:10, 19; of things, κ. γωνίας, Mat.21:42 (LXX) (AS)

head

Greek Noun Female

κεφᾰλή, ἡ, head of man or beast, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεφαλῇ. μείζονες taller in stature, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so μείων. κεφαλήν[Refs 3rd c.BC+] a) κατὰ κεφαλῆς, Epic dialect κὰκ κεφαλῆς, down over the head, κόνιν. χεύατο κὰκ κεφαλῆς [Refs 8th c.BC+] b) κατὰ κεφαλήν, Epic dialect κὰκ κεφαλήν on the head, Ἐρύλαον. βάλε πέτρῳ μέσσην κὰκ κεφαλήν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Prose, from above, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.genitive, above, κ. κ. τινῶν γενέσθαι [Refs]; τὸ κ. κ. ὕδωρ, of rain water, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (-ῆς): in Architecture texts, upright, [Refs]; also, per head, each person (compare below 1.2), [LXX+4th c.BC+] c) ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς from head to foot, [Refs 8th c.BC+] d) ἐπὶ κεφαλήν head foremost, ἐπὶ κ. κατορύξαι to bury head downwards, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ κ. ὠθέεσθαι to be thrust headlong, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ βουλόμενος πολίτας ἄνδρας ἐπὶ κ. εἰσπράττειν τὸν μισθόν recklessly, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ ταῖς κεφαλαῖς περιφέρειν carry on high, in token of admiration, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) as the noblest part, periphrastic for the whole person, πολλὰς ἰφθίμους κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἶσον ἐμῇ κ. no less than myself, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in bad sense, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in bad sense, ἡ μιαρὰ καὶ ἀναιδὴς αὕτη κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μεγάλη κ. a great personage, Vett. Val.[Refs] 3) life, ἐμῇ κ. περιδείδια [Refs 8th c.BC+]; παρθέμενοι κεφαλάς staking their heads on the cast, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν κ. ἀποβαλέεις [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) in imprecations, ἐς κεφαλὴν τράποιτ᾽ ἐμοί on my head be it! [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς κ. σοί (i.e. τράποιτο) [NT+5th c.BC+] II) of things, extremity, II.a) in Botany, κ. σκορόδου head (= inflorescence) of garlic, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ῥίζα κ. ἔχουσα πλείονας tubers, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.b) in Anatomy, κεφαλαὶ τῆς κάτω γνάθου, probably the condyloid and coronoid processes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ κ. τοῦ ὄρχεως, ={ἐπιδιδυμίς}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; μηροῦ, κνήμης κ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the base of the heart, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; but, apex, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the sac in poulps, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of muscles, origin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.c) generally, top, brim of a vessel, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; coping of a wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; capital of a column, [LXX+2nd c.AD+] II.d) in plural, source of a river, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (butsg, mouth, οἶδα Γέλα ποταμοῦ κεφαλῇ ἐπικείμενον ἄστυ [Refs]: generally, source, origin, Ζεὺς κ. (variant{ἀρχή}), Ζεὺς μέσσα, Διὸς δ᾽ ἒκ πάντα τελεῖται τέτυκται codices) [Refs 5th c.AD+]; starting-point, κ. χρόνου [Refs 6th c.AD+] II.e) extremity of a plot of land, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] III) Ὁμηρείη κ. bust of Homer, [Refs] IV) κ. περίθετος wig, head-dress, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) metaphorically, κ. δείπνου pièce de résistance, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] V.2) crown, completion, κεφαλὴν ἐπιθεῖναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; consummation, σχεῖν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] V.3) sum, total, πάσας ἐρρηγείας [Refs]; of money, [Refs 4th c.BC+] V.4) band of men, [LXX]; right-hand half of a phalanx (opposed to οὐρά), [Refs 2nd c.AD+] V.5) Astron, κ. τοῦ κόσμου, of Aries, [Refs 4th c.AD+]. (ghebh, compare κεβλή and Engl. gable.)

Greek

Noun Feminine

the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively; head; from the primary (in the sense of seizing)