Thematic Bible: Head


Thematic Bible



Those who passed by kept insulting him, shaking their heads, Verse ConceptsGesturesShaking The HeadInsulting ChristAbusenagging

"This is what the LORD has spoken against him: "She despises and mocks you, this virgin daughter of Zion! Behind your back she shakes her head, this daughter of Jerusalem! Verse ConceptsdaughtersVirgin

Everyone who sees me mocks me; they gape at me with open mouths and shake their heads at me. Verse ConceptsGesturesCruelty, examples ofMockeryThe Lips Of The WickedShaking The HeadFunOvercoming Adversity

I have become an object of derision to them they shake their heads whenever they see me. Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Prophecies OfBeing ReprovedMessianic Prophecies




He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. His head is completely bald, and every beard is shaved off. Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBaldnessBeardsHeadsHigh PlacesKnives

On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth. Verse ConceptsGesturesBaldness, UnnaturalBaldnessHairsMourning

"Shave your head and cut off your locks as you mourn your beloved children. Make yourself bald as an eagle, because they will go from you into exile!" Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsHeadsKnivesMourningBarbersBirds, Types Of BirdsEaglesExile In ProspectHair

"And it will come about that instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well-set hair, baldness; instead of a fine robe, sackcloth; and instead of beauty, shame. Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

They cut off his head and stripped him of his weapons. They sent people throughout the territory of the Philistines to report the good news in the temples of their idols and to the people. Verse ConceptsBeheadingPeople Stripping PeoplePeople Stripping OffSkullsGood News

She reached out one hand for the tent peg, and her other for the workman's mallet. Then she struck Sisera, smashing his head, shattering and piercing his temple. Verse ConceptsHeadsHandsPegsSharp ToolsKilling Named Individuals

David ran and stood over the Philistine. He took the Philistine's sword, pulled it from its sheath, killed him, and then he cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. Verse ConceptsSwordsDisfigurementChampionsBeheadingIndividuals RunningSkullsPeoples Who Fledheroes

and every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, which is the same as having her head shaved. Verse ConceptsWomenCovering HeadsBare HeadsWoman's PlaceWomen's Roles


and asked the servant, "Who is that man coming in the field to meet us?" Verse ConceptsCoveringVeilsMeeting PeopleWho Is This?The Brides Wedding Dress

and every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, which is the same as having her head shaved. Verse ConceptsWomenCovering HeadsBare HeadsWoman's PlaceWomen's Roles

"They are not to cut their hair in ritualistic patterns on their heads, deface the edges of their beards, or make incisions in their flesh. Verse ConceptsBaldness, UnnaturalBaldnessBeardsBodyKnivesPriests, Function In Ot TimesShavingThe Human BodyDisfigurementTattoosTrimming Facial HairCutting HairGashing BodiesAccompaniments Of Mourning

"The high priest among his relatives whose head has been anointed with oil and who has been consecrated to put on the priestly clothing is not to let his hair hang loose or to tear his clothes. Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In OtRankConsecrationBare HeadsAnointing PriestsPriests GarmentsNot Tearing ClothesAccompaniments Of MourningRivers



Tamar rubbed her head with ashes, tore her tunic that she was wearing, put her hand to her head, and ran off, crying aloud as she went away. Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesClothing, Tearing OfAshesWeepingFine ClothesThose Who Tore ClothesAshes Of Humiliation

You will also go out from this place with your hands over your heads. For the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, and you won't prosper through them." Verse ConceptsRejecting PeopleHands On HeadsTrusting Other PeopleNot Prospering

Blessings come upon the head of the righteous, but the words of the wicked conceal violence. Verse ConceptsHeadsCovering The MouthAbusive MarriagesPursuing ViolenceGod Blesses

Your father's blessings will prove to be stronger than blessings from the eternal mountains or bounties from the everlasting hills. May they come to rest on Joseph's head, May they be set upon the brow of the one who was separated from his own brothers." Verse ConceptsHeadsHillsPrincesEternal WorldBlessed By God

When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means "Skull Place"), Verse ConceptsCalvarySkullsInterpreting LanguageBurying placesThe Crosscrucifixion

But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing left of her except her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands. Verse ConceptsSkullsCorpses Of Other Peoplejezebel

David reached his hand into the bag, took out a stone, slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sunk into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground. Verse ConceptsForeheadsThrowing StonesSlinging Stones

The LORD told him, "Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of everyone who sighs and moans over all of the loathsome things that are happening in it." Verse ConceptsForeheadsSealsSorrowUnhappinessMarks On PeopleRepenting Of AbominationsStress And Hard Times

Joseph took them off his knees and then bowed low with his face to the ground. Verse ConceptsKnees

As soon as Jehu arrived at Jezreel, Jezebel adorned her eyes, arranged her hair, and peered out a window. Verse ConceptsBad InfluenceFacesHairsCosmeticsLooking Through Windowsartistsjezebelmakeup

so that wherever people, wild animals, or birds of the sky live, he has placed them under your control, giving you dominion over them all you're that head of gold. Verse ConceptsAnimal LifeGiven Into One's HandsRelation Of Animals To ManBirds

So Samuel replied, "Is it not true that though you were small in your own eyes you became head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed you king over Israel? Verse ConceptsHeadshipKingsSmallnessTimidityAnointing KingsI Am Unimportant

David then left, going up the Mount of Olives, crying as he went, with his head covered and his feet bare. All of the people who were with him covered their own heads and climbed up the Mount of Olives, crying as they went along. Verse ConceptsBarefeetHead coveringSelf PitySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfVeilsWeepingShoes

Then Mordecai returned to the king's gate, while Haman hurried to his house, mourning and hiding his face. Verse ConceptsCovering HeadsSitting In The GatewayPeople Mourning CatastropheGod's TimingGods Timing

therefore the LORD will afflict sores on the heads of Zion's women, and the LORD will expose their private parts. Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsGod Stripping PeopleBlemished PeopleSpiritual crownsWomen's BeautyHaircrownsmakeupwomanzionscars

Your father's blessings will prove to be stronger than blessings from the eternal mountains or bounties from the everlasting hills. May they come to rest on Joseph's head, May they be set upon the brow of the one who was separated from his own brothers." Verse ConceptsHeadsHillsPrincesEternal WorldBlessed By God

At this, the man bowed down and worshipped the LORD. Verse ConceptsBowingAttitudes, in prayerBowing Heads Before God

The people believed and understood that the LORD had paid attention to the Israelis and had seen their affliction. They bowed their heads and prostrated themselves in worship. Verse ConceptsBowingAttitudes, in prayerWorship, Reasons ForBowing Heads Before GodBelieving In GodGod Paid Attention To ThemOthers Believing In GodWorshipping God

The chief officer told Daniel, "I fear his majesty the king, who has determined what you eat and drink. If he notices that your faces are more pale than the other young men in your group, I will forfeit my head to the king." Verse ConceptsCountenance

David told Achish, "Very well, you will now see what your servant will do." Achish told David, "Very well, I'll appoint you as my permanent bodyguard." Verse ConceptsGuards

Innumerable evils have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me so that I cannot see. They are more in number than the hair on my head, and my courage has forsaken me. Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberGuilty ConsciencesDespair, Description OfNumber Of HairsHair

But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved off. Verse ConceptsReinstatementLong HairHair GrowingGrowingHair

Within three days, Pharaoh will encourage you and return you to your responsibilities. You'll attend to Pharaoh's personal wine cup, just as you did when you were his senior security advisor. Verse ConceptsReinstatementRestorationLifting HeadsReinstating People

Now my head will be lifted up above my enemies, even those who surround me. I will sacrifice in his tent with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melodies to the LORD. Verse ConceptsMusicSacrifice, In OtThankfulnessWorship, Elements OfGod Lifting PeopleLifting HeadsI Will Sing Praises

"Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? Your whole head is sick, and your whole heart is faint. Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedRebellion Against God, Shown InOther References To The HeartPersistence


From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there's no soundness evident only bruises, sores, and festering wounds that haven't been cleaned out, bandaged, or treated with oil." Verse ConceptsBruisesAnointing, Medical PurposedoctorsBoils Or UlcersHeadsHealingMedicineOilOintmentHoly Spirit, Types OfDisfigurement Of SinWoundsscars

He said, "May God do to me and more also! if the head of Shaphat's son Elisha remains on his shoulders today!" Verse ConceptsRemoving HeadsKilling ProphetsSkulls

You've grown my strength like the horn of a wild ox; I was anointed with fresh oil. Verse ConceptsAnointing, Social CustomAnointing With OilGuestsHornsHorns VictoriousWild OxAnointed By GodUnicorns



"Now when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your deliverance is approaching." Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerBeginningRedemption, In NtStandingBeginning Of SalvationLifting HeadsNear The Time GenerallyImminenceRedemptiondeliverancerelentless

At this, Joshua tore his clothes, fell down to the ground on his face before the ark of the LORD until evening he and the leaders of Israel and they covered their heads with dust. Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesArk Of The Covenant, FunctionEveningClothing, Tearing OfHeadsProstrationSprinklingHumility, Examples OfDust On The HeadThose Who Tore Clothes

Observing him from a distance, at first they didn't even recognize him, so they raised their voices and burst into tears. They each ripped their robes, threw ashes into the air on their heads, Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative UseRobesSprinklingTearing Of ClothesWeepingSeeing At A DistanceDust On The HeadNot Recognising PeopleThose Who Tore Clothes

The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you," or the head to the feet, "I don't need you." Verse ConceptsUniquenessMan's NeedsEyesWomen's RolesNot Being AloneThe Bodyconnection


"When a man's head becomes bare, he's bald, but he's clean. When his head becomes bare on the side corner of his face, he has a bald forehead, but he's clean.

But when in the baldness of his head or his forehead there develops a skin rash that's white or reddish, it's an infectious skin disease that has spread to his bald head or forehead. When the priest examines it and finds that the swelling of the skin rash is white or reddish on his bald head or forehead, similar in appearance to an infectious disease in the skin of the body, he's a man with an infectious skin disease. He's unclean. The priest is to declare him unclean on account of the skin rash in his head.


The person with the infectious skin disease is to tear his garments and loosen his hair. He is to cover his mustache and shout out, "Unclean! Unclean!' Verse ConceptsCovering The MouthPurity, Nature OfVeilsQuarantiningCovering HeadsFacial Hair

But Heber's wife Jael grabbed a tent peg in one hand and a hammer in the other, crept up to him quietly, and drove the tent peg right through his temple into the ground below after he had fallen sound asleep from exhaustion. That's how he died. Meanwhile, as Barak continued chasing Sisera, Jael went out to meet him. "Come with me," she told him, "and I'll show you the man you're looking for!" So he went with her, and there was Sisera, lying dead with the tent peg still embedded in his temple!

So the LORD has cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in a single day the elder and the dignitary is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.


"Relax," the manager said. "You can stop being afraid, now. Your God, the God of your father, has placed hidden treasure within those sacks for you. I've been paid in full." Then he brought Simeon out to them, Verse ConceptsPeople Set Free By PeopleGod Gives Wealth


Nor should you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. Verse ConceptsBlackWhiteWhite HairBlack HairOne Material ThingAppearance Of HairWorryingColorSwearingHair

God surely strikes the heads of his enemies, even the hairy heads of those who continue in their guilt. Verse ConceptsGod KillingAppearance Of HairGod KillsJesus Destroying His EnemiesEnemy Attackscrownscrushes

LORD, my Lord, my strong deliverer, you have protected my head in the time of battle. Verse ConceptsShieldsGod's Salvation Made KnownStrength In BattleWarBattle

therefore the LORD will afflict sores on the heads of Zion's women, and the LORD will expose their private parts. Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsGod Stripping PeopleBlemished PeopleSpiritual crownsWomen's BeautyHaircrownsmakeupwomanzionscars

Then he is to place the rest of the oil in his palm on the head of the person to be cleansed, thus making atonement for him in the LORD's presence. Verse ConceptsAnointed By PeoplePriests Atoning

"As to the remainder of the oil in his palm, the priest is to use it to anoint the head of the person to be cleansed, in order to make atonement for him in the LORD's presence. Verse ConceptsAnointed By PeoplePriests Atoning

During the entire time of his dedication, he is not to allow a razor to pass over his head until the days of his holy consecration to the LORD have been fulfilled. He is to let the locks on his head grow long. Verse ConceptsHairsShavingRazorsLong ThingsCutting HairDedicationHairdreadlocks

Because Aram's head is Damascus, and Rezin is its king, within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people. Verse ConceptsThe Prophecy Towards DamascusPeople Passing Away50 To 70 YearsNorthern Kingdom Of Israelsyriadamascus

See! Your enemies rage; those who hate you issue threats. Verse ConceptsHating God


Take these men, go through the purification ceremony with them, and pay their expenses to shave their heads. Then everyone will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you are carefully observing and keeping the Law. Verse ConceptsShavingPurifying OneselfPaying For GoodsKeep The Commandments!

therefore the LORD will afflict sores on the heads of Zion's women, and the LORD will expose their private parts. Verse ConceptsBaldnessHairsGod Stripping PeopleBlemished PeopleSpiritual crownsWomen's BeautyHaircrownsmakeupwomanzionscars

"They do everything to be seen by people. They increase the size of their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments. Verse ConceptsPride, Examples OfHypocrites, Description OfDisplayingLong ThingsBroadnessFringe Of ClothesBeing Seen By ManSeeing PeopleGarmentspeoplephariseesdeeds

"Look, now," his advisors suggested, "we've heard that the Israeli kings are merciful. So let's clothe ourselves with sackcloth, tie our hair back with ropes, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he'll spare your life." So they put on some sackcloth, tied their hair back with ropes, and approached the king of Israel. "Your servant Ben-hadad says this," they said. "Please let me live." "Is he still alive?" Ahab asked. "He's my brother."

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