For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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κεφαλή
Vocabulary form:
kefalhv, -h:V, hJ
Definition:
head
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
75
GK:
3051
Root:
kefalh
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.
Biblical Concordance
| 1 Peter 2:7 | Therefore the great value is to you who believe; but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected, this very one has become the cornerstone,” (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) |
| Revelation 1:14 | His head (kephalē | κεφαλή | nom sg fem) and his hair were white, like white wool, like snow, and his eyes were like a flame of fire. |
| Revelation 4:4 | Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, and upon their heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) were crowns of gold. |
| Revelation 9:7 | In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle. On their heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) were something like crowns of gold, and their faces were like human faces. |
| Revelation 9:17 | And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: The riders wore breastplates that were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow like sulfur, and the heads (kephalai | κεφαλαί | nom pl fem) of the horses were like lions’ heads (kephalai | κεφαλαί | nom pl fem), and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and sulfur. |
| Revelation 9:19 | For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents, having heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem); and with them they inflict harm. |
| Revelation 10:1 | Then I saw another powerful angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem); his face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire. |
| Revelation 12:1 | Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem) was a crown of twelve stars. |
| Revelation 12:3 | Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) and ten horns, and on its heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) were seven crowns. |
| Revelation 13:1 | And I saw, rising out of the sea, a beast with ten horns and seven heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem). On his ten horns were ten crowns and on his heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) were written blasphemous names. |
| Revelation 13:3 | One of the beast’s heads (kephalōn | κεφαλῶν | gen pl fem) appeared to have been mortally wounded, but his deadly wound had been healed. The whole world marveled as they followed the beast. |
| Revelation 14:14 | Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man. He had a golden crown on his head (kephalēs | κεφαλῆς | gen sg fem) and a sharp sickle in his hand. |
| Revelation 17:3 | So he carried me away in the spirit into a wilderness, and there I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast covered with blasphemous names. It had seven heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) and ten horns. |
| Revelation 17:7 | Then the angel said to me, “Why are you astounded? I will explain to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with seven heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) and ten horns that carries her. |
| Revelation 17:9 | “This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads (kephalai | κεφαλαί | nom pl fem) are seven mountains on which the woman sits. They are also seven kings: |
| Revelation 18:19 | And they threw dust on their heads (kephalas | κεφαλάς | acc pl fem) and cried out as they wept and mourned, saying, “Alas, alas, O great city by which all who had ships at sea grew rich from her prosperity! For in a single hour she has been brought to ruin. |
| Revelation 19:12 | His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head (kephalēn | κεφαλήν | acc sg fem) are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows except himself. |
Mnemonics
One must handle an infants
One must handle an infants 'head' very "carefully"