Thematic Bible: Head


Thematic Bible



And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying, Verse ConceptsGesturesShaking The HeadInsulting ChristAbusenagging

This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you. Verse ConceptsdaughtersVirgin

I am laughed at by all those who see me: pushing out their lips and shaking their heads they say, Verse ConceptsGesturesCruelty, examples ofMockeryThe Lips Of The WickedShaking The HeadFunOvercoming Adversity

As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me. Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Prophecies OfBeing ReprovedMessianic Prophecies




The daughter of Dibon has gone up to the high places, weeping: Moab is sounding her cry of sorrow over Nebo, and over Medeba: everywhere the hair of the head and of the face is cut off. Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessBeardsHeadsHigh PlacesKnives

And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief: Verse ConceptsGesturesBaldness, UnnaturalBaldnessHairsMourning

Let your head be uncovered and your hair cut off in sorrow for the children of your delight: let the hair be pulled from your head like an eagle's; for they have been taken away from you as prisoners. Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsHeadsKnivesMourningBarbersBirds, Types Of BirdsEaglesExile In ProspectHair

And in the place of sweet spices will be an evil smell, and for a fair band a thick cord; for a well-dressed head there will be the cutting-off of the hair, and for a beautiful robe there will be the clothing of sorrow; the mark of the prisoner in place of the ornaments of the free. Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

And cutting off his head and taking away his war-dress, they sent word into the land of the Philistines round about, to take the news to their gods and to the people. Verse ConceptsBeheadingPeople Stripping PeoplePeople Stripping OffSkullsGood News

She put out her hand to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and she gave Sisera a blow, crushing his head, wounding and driving through his brow. Verse ConceptsHeadsHandsPegsSharp ToolsKilling Named Individuals

So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover, and put him to death, cutting off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their fighter was dead, they went in flight. Verse ConceptsSwordsDisfigurementChampionsBeheadingIndividuals RunningSkullsPeoples Who Fledheroes

But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off. Verse ConceptsWomenCovering HeadsBare HeadsWoman's PlaceWomen's Roles


And said to the servant, Who is that man coming to us through the field? And the servant said, It is my master: then she took her veil, covering her face with it. Verse ConceptsCoveringVeilsMeeting PeopleWho Is This?The Brides Wedding Dress

But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off. Verse ConceptsWomenCovering HeadsBare HeadsWoman's PlaceWomen's Roles


And he who is the chief priest among his brothers, on whose head the holy oil has been put, who is marked out to put on the holy robes, may not let his hair go loose or have his clothing out of order as a sign of sorrow. Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In OtRankConsecrationBare HeadsAnointing PriestsPriests GarmentsNot Tearing ClothesAccompaniments Of MourningRivers


Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil. Verse ConceptsWhite And Bright ClothesAnointing OneselfWhite ClothsGarmentsBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Life

And Tamar, in her grief, put dust on her head; and she put her hand on her head and went away crying loudly. Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesClothing, Tearing OfAshesWeepingFine ClothesThose Who Tore ClothesAshes Of Humiliation

Truly, you will go out from him with your hands on your head: for the Lord has given up those in whom you have put your faith, and they will be of no help to you. Verse ConceptsRejecting PeopleHands On HeadsTrusting Other PeopleNot Prospering

Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow. Verse ConceptsHeadsCovering The MouthAbusive MarriagesPursuing ViolenceGod Blesses

Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers. Verse ConceptsHeadsHillsPrincesEternal WorldBlessed By God

And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that is to say, Dead Man's Head, Verse ConceptsCalvarySkullsInterpreting LanguageBurying placesThe Crosscrucifixion

And they went out to put her body into the earth, but nothing of her was to be seen, only the bones of her head, and her feet, and parts of her hands. Verse ConceptsSkullsCorpses Of Other Peoplejezebel

And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and sent it from his leather band straight at the Philistine, and the stone went deep into his brow, and he went down to the earth, falling on his face. Verse ConceptsForeheadsThrowing StonesSlinging Stones

The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it. Verse ConceptsForeheadsSealsSorrowUnhappinessMarks On PeopleRepenting Of AbominationsStress And Hard Times

Then Joseph took them from between his knees, and went down on his face to the earth. Verse ConceptsKnees

And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel had news of it; and, painting her eyes and dressing her hair with ornaments, she put her head out of the window. Verse ConceptsBad InfluenceFacesHairsCosmeticsLooking Through Windowsartistsjezebelmakeup

Wherever the children of men are living; into whose hands he has given the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven, and has made you ruler over them all, you are the head of gold. Verse ConceptsAnimal LifeGiven Into One's HandsRelation Of Animals To ManBirds

And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel, Verse ConceptsHeadshipKingsSmallnessTimidityAnointing KingsI Am Unimportant

And David went up the slopes of the Mount of Olives weeping all the way, with his head covered and no shoes on his feet: and all the people who were with him, covering their heads, went up weeping. Verse ConceptsBarefeetHead coveringSelf PitySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfVeilsWeepingShoes

And Mordecai came back to the king's doorway. But Haman went quickly back to his house, sad and with his head covered. Verse ConceptsCovering HeadsSitting In The GatewayPeople Mourning CatastropheGod's TimingGods Timing

The Lord will send disease on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will let their secret parts be seen. Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsGod Stripping PeopleBlemished PeopleSpiritual crownsWomen's BeautyHaircrownsmakeupwomanzionscars

Blessings of sons, old and young, to the father: blessings of the oldest mountains and the fruit of the eternal hills: let them come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of him who was separate from his brothers. Verse ConceptsHeadsHillsPrincesEternal WorldBlessed By God

And with bent head the man gave worship to the Lord; Verse ConceptsBowingAttitudes, in prayerBowing Heads Before God

And the people had faith in them; and hearing that the Lord had taken up the cause of the children of Israel and had seen their troubles, with bent heads they gave him worship. Verse ConceptsBowingAttitudes, in prayerWorship, Reasons ForBowing Heads Before GodBelieving In GodGod Paid Attention To ThemOthers Believing In GodWorshipping God

And the captain of the unsexed servants said to Daniel, I am in fear of my lord the king, who has given orders about your food and your drink; what if he sees you looking less happy than the other young men of your generation? then you would have put my head in danger from the king. Verse ConceptsCountenance

And David said to Achish, You will see now what your servant will do. And Achish said to David, Then I will make you keeper of my head for ever. Verse ConceptsGuards

For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them. Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberGuilty ConsciencesDespair, Description OfNumber Of HairsHair

But the growth of his hair was starting again after it had been cut off. Verse ConceptsReinstatementLong HairHair GrowingGrowingHair

After three days Pharaoh will give you honour, and put you back into your place, and you will give him his cup as you did before, when you were his wine-servant. Verse ConceptsReinstatementRestorationLifting HeadsReinstating People

And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord. Verse ConceptsMusicSacrifice, In OtThankfulnessWorship, Elements OfGod Lifting PeopleLifting HeadsI Will Sing Praises

Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble. Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedRebellion Against God, Shown InOther References To The HeartPersistence

And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother. Verse ConceptsDuplicating WordsPeople Carrying Live PeopleDeath Of A Motherhurting

The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds. Verse ConceptsBruisesAnointing, Medical PurposedoctorsBoils Or UlcersHeadsHealingMedicineOilOintmentHoly Spirit, Types OfDisfigurement Of SinWoundsscars

Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day. Verse ConceptsRemoving HeadsKilling ProphetsSkulls





Then Joshua, in great grief, went down on the earth before the ark of the Lord till the evening, and all the chiefs of Israel with him, and they put dust on their heads. Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesArk Of The Covenant, FunctionEveningClothing, Tearing OfHeadsProstrationSprinklingHumility, Examples OfDust On The HeadThose Who Tore Clothes

And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads. Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative UseRobesSprinklingTearing Of ClothesWeepingSeeing At A DistanceDust On The HeadNot Recognising PeopleThose Who Tore Clothes

And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Verse ConceptsUniquenessMan's NeedsEyesWomen's RolesNot Being AloneThe Bodyconnection


And if a man's hair has come out and he has no hair, still he is clean. And if the hair has gone from the front part of his head, so that he has no hair there, still he is clean.

But if, on his head or on his brow, where he has no hair, there is a red and white place, it is the disease of the leper coming out on his head or on his brow. Then if the priest sees that the growth of the disease has become red and white on his head or on his brow where there is no hair, like the mark in the skin of a leper; He is a leper and unclean; the priest is to say that he is most certainly unclean: the disease is in his head.


And the leper who has the disease on him is to go about with signs of grief, with his hair loose and his mouth covered, crying, Unclean, unclean. Verse ConceptsCovering The MouthPurity, Nature OfVeilsQuarantiningCovering HeadsFacial Hair

Then Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent-pin and a hammer and went up to him quietly, driving the pin into his head, and it went through his head into the earth, for he was in a deep sleep from weariness; and so he came to his end. Then Jael went out, and meeting Barak going after Sisera, said to him, Come, and I will let you see the man you are searching for. So he came into her tent and saw, and there was Sisera stretched out dead with the tent-pin in his head.

For this cause the Lord took away from Israel head and tail, high and low, in one day. The man who is honoured and responsible is the head, and the prophet who gives false teaching is the tail.


Then the servant said, Peace be with you: have no fear: your God, even the God of your father, has put wealth in your bags for you: I had your money. Then he let Simeon come out to them. Verse ConceptsPeople Set Free By PeopleGod Gives Wealth


You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black. Verse ConceptsBlackWhiteWhite HairBlack HairOne Material ThingAppearance Of HairWorryingColorSwearingHair

The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways. Verse ConceptsGod KillingAppearance Of HairGod KillsJesus Destroying His EnemiesEnemy Attackscrownscrushes

O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, you have been a cover over my head in the day of the fight. Verse ConceptsShieldsGod's Salvation Made KnownStrength In BattleWarBattle

The Lord will send disease on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will let their secret parts be seen. Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsGod Stripping PeopleBlemished PeopleSpiritual crownsWomen's BeautyHaircrownsmakeupwomanzionscars

And the rest of the oil in the priest's hand he will put on the head of him who is to be made clean; and so the priest will make him free from sin before the Lord. Verse ConceptsAnointed By PeoplePriests Atoning

And the rest of the oil which is in the priest's hand he will put on the head of him who is to be made clean, to take away his sin before the Lord. Verse ConceptsAnointed By PeoplePriests Atoning

All the time he is under his oath let no blade come near his head; till the days while he is separate are ended he is holy and his hair may not be cut. Verse ConceptsHairsShavingRazorsLong ThingsCutting HairDedicationHairdreadlocks

For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin (and in sixty-five years from now Ephraim will be broken, and will no longer be a people): Verse ConceptsThe Prophecy Towards DamascusPeople Passing Away50 To 70 YearsNorthern Kingdom Of Israelsyriadamascus


Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face to the earth, and gave worship, and said, Verse ConceptsMantlesClothing, Tearing OfBarbersBaldnessBereavement, Experience OfHairsShavingTearing Of ClothesDressThose Who Tore Clothes

Go with these, and make yourself clean with them, and make the necessary payments for them, so that they may be free from their oath: and everyone will see that the statements made about you are not true, but that you put yourself under rule, and keep the law. Verse ConceptsShavingPurifying OneselfPaying For GoodsKeep The Commandments!

The Lord will send disease on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will let their secret parts be seen. Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsGod Stripping PeopleBlemished PeopleSpiritual crownsWomen's BeautyHaircrownsmakeupwomanzionscars

But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes, Verse ConceptsPride, Examples OfHypocrites, Description OfDisplayingLong ThingsBroadnessFringe Of ClothesBeing Seen By ManSeeing PeopleGarmentspeoplephariseesdeeds

Then his servants said to him, It is said that the kings of Israel are full of mercy: let us then put on haircloth, and cords on our heads, and go to the king of Israel; it may be that he will give you your life. So they put on haircloth, and cords on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben-hadad says, Let me now keep my life. And he said, Is he still living? he is my brother.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain