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Strong's G2776 κεφαλή (kephale)

Kephale means “head” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2776 — cherec (“Heres”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2776
Language Greek
Linked Usages 441
Books 56

Strong's G2776 Quick Answer

Strong's G2776 κεφαλή (kephale) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kephale (kef-al-ay') n. 1. the head (as the part most readily taken hold of) {literally or figuratively} It has 441 linked Bible usages across 56 books. Visible English usage signals include head, according, lord, upon, and shalt. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
kephale (kef-al-ay') n. 1. the head (as the part most readily taken hold of) {literally or figuratively}
Usage
441 linked usages
Books
56 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
head, according, lord, upon, and shalt

Meaning and Definition

kephale (kef-al-ay') n. 1. the head (as the part most readily taken hold of) {literally or figuratively} [from the primary kapto "in the sense of seizing"] KJV: head

Original Word
κεφαλή
Transliteration
kephale
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2776. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

head

Usage: 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)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

head according lord upon shalt put sons hand offering priest before thee

How Strong's G2776 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 311 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2776 (κεφαλή) appears 398 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2776 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2776 in the New Testament

68 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G2776 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

311 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 3:15 Septuagint / Brenton

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed, he shall watch against thy head, and thou shalt watch against his heel.

Genesis 8:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.

Genesis 11:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Strong's G2776 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

59 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G2776 in 1 Enoch

3 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2776.

Genesis 3:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed, he shall watch against thy head, and thou shalt watch against his heel.
Genesis 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.
Genesis 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 28:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And came to a certain place and slept there, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it at his head, and lay down to sleep in that place,
Genesis 28:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it.
Genesis 28:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone he had laid there by his head, and he set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it.
Genesis 40:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chief baker saw that he interpreted aright; and he said to Joseph, I also saw a dream, and methought I took up on my head three baskets of mealy food.
Genesis 40:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the upper basket there was the work of the baker of every kind which Pharaoh eats; and the fowls of the air ate them out of the basket that was on my head.
Genesis 40:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet three days, and Pharaoh shall take away thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds of the sky shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
Genesis 48:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Israel having stretched out his right hand, laid it on the head of Ephraim, and he was the younger; and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, guiding his hands crosswise.
Genesis 48:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph having seen that his father put his right hand on the head of Ephraim—it seemed grievous to him; and Joseph took hold of the hand of his father, to remove it from the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh.
Genesis 48:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph said to his father, Not so, father; for this is the firstborn; lay thy right hand upon his head.
Genesis 49:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The blessings of thy father and thy mother— It has prevailed above the blessing of the lasting mountains, And beyond the blessings of the everlasting hills; They shall be upon the head of Joseph, And upon the head of the brothers of whom he took the lead.
Exodus 12:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not eat of it raw nor sodden in water, but only roast with fire, the head with the feet and the appurtenances.
Exodus 16:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. This is that which the Lord has appointed: gather of it each man for his family, an omer for each person, according to the number of your souls, gather each of you with his fellow lodgers.
Exodus 29:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt put the miter on his head; and thou shalt put the plate, even the Holiness, on the miter.
Exodus 29:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take of the anointing oil, and thou shalt pour it on his head, and shalt anoint him,
Exodus 29:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt bring the calf to the door of the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the calf, before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
Exodus 29:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
Exodus 29:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt divide the ram by his several limbs, and thou shalt wash the inward parts and the feet with water, and thou shalt put them on the divided parts with the head.
Exodus 29:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
Exodus 39:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every one that passed the survey from twenty years old and upward to the number of six hundred thousand, and three thousand five hundred and fifty.
Leviticus 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering as a thing acceptable for him, to make atonement for him.
Leviticus 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Aaron the priests shall pile up the divided parts, and the head, and the fat on the wood on the fire, the wood which is on the altar.
Leviticus 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if his gift be of the sheep to the Lord, or of the lambs, or of the kids for whole burnt offerings, he shall bring it a male without blemish.
Leviticus 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall divide it by its limbs, and its head and its fat, and the priests shall pile them up on the wood which is on the fire, on the altar.
Leviticus 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and shall wring off its head; and the priest shall put it on the altar, and shall wring out the blood at the bottom of the altar.
Leviticus 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hands on the head of the gift, and shall slay it before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. And the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood on the altar of burnt offerings round about.
Leviticus 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hands on the head of his offering, and shall slay it by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about.
Leviticus 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hands on its head; and they shall slay it before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about.
Leviticus 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring the calf to the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord, and he shall put his hand on the head of the calf before the Lord, and shall slay the calf in the presence of the Lord.
Leviticus 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall take the skin of the calf, and all his flesh with the head and the extremities and the belly and the dung,
Leviticus 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the calf before the Lord, and they shall slay the calf before the Lord.
Leviticus 4:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the kid, and they shall kill it in the place where they kill the victims for whole burnt offerings before the Lord; it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 4:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hand on the head of his sin offering, and they shall slay the kid of the sin offering in the place where they slay the victims for whole burnt offerings.
Leviticus 4:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and they shall kill it in the place where they kill the victims for whole burnt offerings.
Leviticus 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring them to the priest, and the priest shall bring the sin offering first; and the priest shall pinch off the head from the neck, and shall not divide the body.
Leviticus 8:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put the miter on his head, and put upon the miter in front the golden plate, the most holy thing, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 8:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses poured of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron; and he anointed him and sanctified him.
Leviticus 8:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses brought near the calf for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the calf of the sin offering.
Leviticus 8:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses brought near the ram for a whole burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. And Moses slew the ram: and Moses poured the blood on the altar round about.
Leviticus 8:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses offered up the whole ram on the altar: it is a whole burnt offering for a sweet-smelling savor; it is a burnt offering to the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 8:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Moses took of his blood, and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.
Leviticus 9:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they brought the whole burnt offering, according to its pieces; them and the head he put upon the altar.
Leviticus 10:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to Aaron, and Eleazar and Ithamar his sons that were left, Ye shall not make bare your heads, and ye shall not tear your garments; that ye die not, and so there should be wrath on all the congregation: but your brethren, even all the house of Israel, shall lament for the burning, with which they were burned by the Lord.
Leviticus 13:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the leprosy should have come out very evidently in the skin, and the leprosy should cover all the skin of the patient from the head to the feet, wheresoever the priest shall look;
Leviticus 13:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a man or a woman have in them a plague of leprosy in the head or the beard;
Leviticus 13:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the priest shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the appearance of it be beneath the skin, and in it there be thin yellowish hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scurf, it is a leprosy of the head or a leprosy of the beard.
Leviticus 13:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone’s head should lose the hair, he is only bald, he is clean.
Leviticus 13:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if his head should lose the hair in front, he is forehead bald: he is clean.
Leviticus 13:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
he is a leprous man: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean, his plague is in his head.
Leviticus 13:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the leper in whom the plague is, let his garments be ungirded, and his head uncovered; and let him have a covering put upon his mouth, and he shall be called unclean.
Leviticus 14:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass on the seventh day, he shall shave off all his hair, his head and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair shall he shave; and he shall wash his garments, and wash his body with water, and shall be clean.
Leviticus 14:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the remaining oil that is on the hand of the priest, the priest shall put on the head of the cleansed leper, and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.
Leviticus 14:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that which is left of the oil which is on the hand of the priest he shall put on the head of him that is purged, and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.
Leviticus 16:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Aaron shall lay his hands on the head of the live goat, and he shall declare over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their unrighteousnesses, and all their sins; and he shall lay them upon the head of the live goat, and shall send him by the hand of a ready man into the wilderness.
Leviticus 19:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not make a round cutting of the hair of your head, nor disfigure your beard.
Leviticus 21:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall not shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh.
Leviticus 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest that is chief among his brethren, the oil having been poured upon the head of the anointed one, and he having been consecrated to put on the garments, shall not take the miter off his head, and shall not rend his garments:
Leviticus 24:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Bring forth him that cursed outside the camp, and all who heard shall lay their hands upon his head, and all the congregation shall stone him.
Numbers 1:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take the sum of all the congregation of Israel according to their kindred, according to the houses of their fathers’ families, according to their number by their names, according to their heads: every male
Numbers 1:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they assembled all the congregation on the first day of the month in the second year; and they registered them after their lineage, after their families, after the number of their names, from twenty years old and upward, every male according to their number:
Numbers 1:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their heads, were—all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that went out with the host—
Numbers 1:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the children of Simeon according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes out with the host,
Numbers 1:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sons of Judah according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes forth with the host,
Numbers 1:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sons of Issachar according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes forth with the host,
Numbers 1:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sons of Zebulun according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes out with the host,
Numbers 1:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sons of Joseph, the sons of Ephraim, according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes out with the host,
Numbers 1:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sons of Manasseh according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes out with the host,
Numbers 1:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sons of Benjamin according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes forth with the host,
Numbers 1:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sons of Gad according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes forth with the host,
Numbers 1:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sons of Dan according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes forth with the host,
Numbers 1:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sons of Asher according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone that goes forth with the host,
Numbers 1:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the sons of Naphtali according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, everyone who goes forth with the host,
Numbers 3:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thou shalt even take five shekels a head; thou shalt take them according to the holy didrachma, twenty oboli to the shekel.
Numbers 5:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall cause the woman to stand before the Lord, and shall uncover the head of the woman, and shall put into her hands the sacrifice of memorial, the sacrifice of jealousy; and in the hand of the priest shall be the water of this conviction that brings the curse.
Numbers 6:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
all the days of his separation—a razor shall not come upon his head, until the days be fulfilled which he vowed to the Lord: he shall be holy, cherishing the long hair of the head,
Numbers 6:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to his father or his mother, or to his brother or his sister; he shall not defile himself for them, when they have died, because the vow of God is upon him on his head.
Numbers 6:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone should die suddenly by him, immediately the head of his vow shall be defiled; and he shall shave his head in whatever day he shall be purified: on the seventh day he shall be shaved.
Numbers 6:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall offer one for a sin offering; and the other for a whole burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him in the things wherein he sinned respecting the dead body, and he shall sanctify his head in that day,
Numbers 6:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in which he was consecrated to the Lord, all the days of his vow; and he shall bring a lamb of a year old for a trespass offering; and the former days shall not be reckoned, because the head of his vow was polluted.
Numbers 6:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that has vowed shall shave the head of his consecration by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall put the hairs on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offering.
Numbers 8:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the calves; and thou shalt offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for them.
Deuteronomy 21:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the elders of that city who draw nigh to the slain man shall wash their hands over the head of the heifer which was slain in the valley;
Deuteronomy 21:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and shouldest bring her within thy house: then shalt thou shave her head, and pare her nails;
Deuteronomy 28:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord thy God make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt then be above and thou shalt not be below, if thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, in all things that I charge thee this day to observe.
Deuteronomy 28:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt have over thy head a sky of brass, and the earth under thee shall be iron.
Deuteronomy 28:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
Deuteronomy 32:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will make my weapons drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh, It shall glut itself with the blood of the wounded, and from the captivity Of the heads of their enemies that rule over them.
Deuteronomy 33:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of the fullness of the land in season: And let the things pleasing to him that dwelt in the bush Come on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of him who was glorified above his brethren.
Joshua 7:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua tore his garments; and Joshua fell on the earth on his face before the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they cast dust on their heads.
Judges 5:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
She stretched forth her left hand to the nail, And her right hand to the workman’s hammer, And she smote Sisera with it, she nailed through his head and smote him; She nailed through his temples.
Judges 5:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Will they not find him dividing the spoil? He will surely be gracious to every man: There are spoils of dyed garments for Sisera, Spoils of various dyed garments, Dyed embroidered garments, they are the spoils for his neck.
Judges 7:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they took the princes of Midian, even Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb in Sur Oreb, and they slew Zeeb in Jakeph-zeeb; and they pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon from beyond Jordan.
Judges 8:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Midian was straitened before the children of Israel, and they did not lift up their head anymore; and the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
Judges 9:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of Shechem set liers in wait against him on the top of the mountains, and robbed everyone who passed by them on the way; and it was reported to the King Abimelech.
Judges 9:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gaal the son of Ebed saw the people, and said to Zebul, Behold, a people comes down from the top of the mountains: and Zebul said to him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as men.
Judges 9:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.
Judges 9:57 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the wickedness of the men of Shechem God requited upon their head; and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
Judges 11:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and ruler over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.
Judges 13:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for behold, thou art with child, and shalt bring forth a son; and there shall come no razor upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.
Judges 16:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, thou hast deceived me, and told me lies; tell me, I entreat thee, wherewith thou mayest be bound: and he said to her, If thou shouldest weave the seven locks of my head with the web, and shouldest fasten them with the pin into the wall, then shall I be weak as another man.
Judges 16:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when he was asleep, that Delilah took the seven locks of his head, and wove them with the web, and fastened them with the pin into the wall, and she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson: and he awoke out of his sleep, and carried away the pin of the web out of the wall.
Judges 16:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head, because I have been a holy one of God from my mother’s womb; if then I should be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I shall be weak, and I shall be as all other men.
Judges 16:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Delilah made Samson sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and he shaved the seven locks of his head, and she began to humble him, and his strength departed from him.
Judges 16:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the hair of his head began to grow as before it was shaven.
1 Kingdoms 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she vowed a vow to the Lord, saying, O Lord God of Sabaoth, if thou wilt indeed look upon the humiliation of thy handmaid, and remember me, and give to thy handmaid a man-child, then will I indeed dedicate him to thee till the day of his death; and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and no razor shall come upon his head.
1 Kingdoms 4:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the battle, and he came to Shiloh on that day: and his clothes were rent, and earth was upon his head.
1 Kingdoms 5:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when they rose early in the morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off each before the threshold, and both the wrists of his hands had fallen on the floor of the porch; only the stump of Dagon was left.
1 Kingdoms 10:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said to him, Has not the Lord anointed thee for a ruler over his people, over Israel? and thou shalt rule among the people of the Lord, and thou shalt save them out of the hand of their enemies; and this shall be the sign to thee that the Lord has anointed thee for a ruler over his inheritance.
1 Kingdoms 14:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people said to Saul, Shall he that has wrought this great salvation in Israel be put to death this day? As the Lord lives, there shall not fall to the ground one of the hairs of his head; for the people of God have wrought successfully this day. And the people prayed for Jonathan in that day, and he died not.
1 Kingdoms 17:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he had a helmet upon his head, and he wore a breastplate of chain armor; and the weight of his breastplate was five thousand shekels of brass and iron.
1 Kingdoms 17:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul clothed David with a military coat, and put his brazen helmet on his head.
1 Kingdoms 17:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
this day. And the Lord shall deliver thee this day into my hand; and I will slay thee, and take away thy head from off thee, and will give thy limbs and the limbs of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and all the earth shall know that there is a God in Israel.
1 Kingdoms 17:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David ran, and stood upon him, and took his sword, and slew him, and cut off his head: and the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, and they fled.
1 Kingdoms 17:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
1 Kingdoms 19:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Michal took images, and laid them on the bed, and she put the liver of a goat by his head, and covered them with clothes.
1 Kingdoms 19:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the messengers come, and, behold, the images were on the bed, and the goat’s liver at his head.
1 Kingdoms 25:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David heard it and said, Blessed be the Lord, who has judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has delivered his servant from the power of evil; and the Lord has returned the mischief of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself for a wife.
1 Kingdoms 26:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So David and Abishai go in among the people by night: and behold, Saul was fast asleep in the chariot, and his spear was stuck in the ground near his head, and Abner and his people slept round about him.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2776, grouped by book.

Genesis 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 38 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 23 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 20 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 26 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 16 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 22 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 12 usages, New Testament
Mark 8 usages, New Testament
Luke 8 usages, New Testament
John 5 usages, New Testament
Acts 5 usages, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 6 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 3 usages, New Testament
Colossians 3 usages, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 16 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 17 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 12 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 3 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2776 FAQ

What does kephale (κεφαλή) mean?

Kephale (Strong's G2776) is a Greek word most simply glossed "head". kephale (kef-al-ay') n. 1. the head (as the part most readily taken hold of) {literally or figuratively}

How many times is kephale (κεφαλή) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 441 linked usages for Strong's G2776 across 56 books.

Where can I study kephale (κεφαλή) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2776 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate kephale (κεφαλή)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as head, according, lord, upon, shalt, and put. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2776 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 311 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 59 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 3 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2776, with linked reader references where each row is available.