κεφαλή, κεφαλῆς, ἡ, the Sept. for ψΙΰωΡ; the head, both of men: Mat_5:36; Mar_6:24; Luk_7:38; Luk_7:44 (Rec.),46; Joh_13:9; Act_18:18; 1Co_11:4; Rev_1:14; Rev_4:4, and often; and of animals: Rev_9:7; Rev_9:17; Rev_9:19, etc.; on the phrases κλίνειν τήν κεφαλήν, ἐπαίρειν τήν κεφαλήν, see κλίνω, 1 and ἐπαίρω; on the saying in Rom_12:20, see under ἄνθραξ. Since the loss of the head destroys the life, κεφαλή is used in phrases relating to capital and extreme punishments: so in τό αἷμα ὑμῶν ἐπί τήν κεφαλήν ὑμῶν (see αἷμα, 2 a., p. 15{b} ), Act_18:6, and similar phrases in classical Greek; see Passow, under the word, p. 1717{a} ; Pape under the word, 3; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. 3 and 4). Metaphorically, anything supreme, chief, prominent; of persons, master, lord: τίνος, of a husband in relation to his wife, 1Co_11:3; Eph_5:23; of Christ, the lord of the husband, 1Co_11:3 (cf. Buttmann, 124f (109)); of the church, Eph_4:15; Eph_5:23; Col_2:19 (cf. Buttmann, § 143, 4 c.); τοῦ σώματος τῆς ἐκκλησίας, Col_1:18; πάσης ἀρχῆς καί ἐξουσίας, Col_2:10; so Jdg_11:11; 2Sa_22:44, and in Byzantine writings of things: κεφαλῆς γωνίας, the corner-stone, see γωνία, a. ((From Homer down.))

κεφαλή kephalē 75x the head, Mat_5:36 ; Mat_6:17 ; the head, top; κεφαλὴ γωνίας , the head of the corner, t he chief corner-stone, Mat_21:42 ; Luk_20:17 ; met. the head, superior, chief, principal, one to whom others are subordinate, 1Co_11:3 ; Eph_1:22 head.

κεφαλή , -ῆς , ἡ , [in LXX nearly always for H7218 ;] the head: Mat_5:35 , Mar_6:24 , Rev_1:14 ; Rev_9:7 , al. mult.; fig ., ἄνθρακες ἐπὶ τὴν κ ., Rom_12:20 ( LXX ); αἷμι , Act_18:6 ; metaph ., of a husband, c . gen ., 1Co_1:13 , Eph_5:23 ; of Christ, 1Co_11:3 , Eph_4:15 ; Eph_5:23 , Col_1:18 ; Col_2:10 ; Col_2:19 ; of things, κ . γωνίας , Mat_21:42 ( LXX ).

κεφαλή [page 342] For the literal sense of κεφαλή it is sufficient to quote PSI V. 455 .12 (A.D. 178) ἐφῖδον τοῦτον . . . ἔχοντα ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς τραύματα τρία , and P Lond 47 .8 (ii/A.D.) (= I. p. 81) κεφαλὴν κομόωσαν ἐθείραις . Cf. also P Par 574 .1226 (iiil/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 113) λόγος λεγόμενος ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ , an invocation to be uttered over the head (of the possessed one), and the Christian amulet BGU III. 954 .6 (vi/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 133) κλίνω τὴν κεφαλήν [μο ]υ κα <τ >ενώπιόν σου . With Act_18:6 we may compare BGU IV. 1024 iv. 17 (end of iv/A.D.) ἐκδέξι το [ίνυν ] τὴην ( l. τὴν ) ἕως κεφ [αλῆ ]ς τ [ι ]μωρῖαν , and to McNeile s ren dering of Mat_21:42 κεφαλὴν γωνίας , the furthest extremity (not the top ) of the corner, a certain support is given by P Flor I. 50 .83 (A.D. 268) ἐπ᾽ ἀπηλ̣ι̣ωτικῆ [ς κε ]φαλῆς πρώτης μερίδος , apparently = at the eastern extremity of the first division. In P Oxy II. 273 .18 (A.D. 95) κεφαλή is used of the whole amount of land that was being ceded; in Michel 588 .16 (2nd half ii/B.C.) of the total expenditure ; and in Vett. Val. pp. 74 .7 , 292 .11, .13 , κεφαλὴ μεγάλη = πρόσωπον . The late P Lond 1075 .19 (vii/A.D.) (= III. p. 82) gives us ἀνεγκἑφαλος used figuratively like our brainless, and an imprecatory tablet from Palestine (Bliss and Macalister Excavations in Palestine , 1902, p. 174, No. 34 .8 ) shows a man calling down punishment on another διὰ τὸ κεφαιλαλγεῖν με , because I am suffering from headache.

κεφαλή "the head" of man or beast, Hom. , etc.; κατὰ κεφαλῆς, epic κὰκ κεφαλῆς, over "the head", id=Hom. ; κὰκ κεφαλήν "on the head", Il. :— ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς from "head" to foot, id=Il. :— ἐπὶ κεφαλήν "head foremost, head downwards, headlong", Hdt. , Plat. , etc. "the head", put for the whole person, Hom. ; ἶσον ἐμῇ κεφαλῇ like myself, Il. ; φίλη κ., Lat. carum caput, id=Il. : in bad sense, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί Hdt. ; ὦ μιαρὰ κ. Ar. "the head", i. e. "the life", παρθέμενοι κεφαλάς setting "their heads" on the cast, Od. :—in imprecations, ἐς κεφαλὴν τρέποιτ᾽ ἐμοί on my "head" be it! Ar. , etc. generally, κ. σκορόδου "a head" of garlic, id=Ar. : "the top or brim" of a vessel, Theocr. : "the coping" of a wall, Xen. :—in pl. "the head or source" of a river, Hdt. metaph., like κεφάλαιον, "the crown, completion" of a thing, Plat.

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)