Thematic Bible: Head
Thematic Bible
Head » Derision expressed by shaking, &c
This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: Has he despised thee? Has he laughed thee to scorn, O virgin daughter of Zion? He has moved his head behind thy back, O daughter of Jerusalem.
All those that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
I have become a reproach unto them; when they looked upon me they shook their heads.
Head » Illustrative » Of Christ
And has put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the congregation ,
and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, fed and united by its joints and bonds, grows in the increase of God.
But I would have you know that the head of every man is the Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
Verse Concepts
Head » Illustrative » (made bald,) of heavy judgments
He is gone up to Bajith and to Dibon, the altars, to weep; Moab shall howl over Nebo and over Medeba: every head among her shall become bald, and every beard shall be cut off.
Therefore the Lord GOD of the hosts did call in this day unto weeping and to mourning and to baldness and to girding with sackcloth:
Make thee bald, and shave thee for the sons of thy delight; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle, for they are gone into captivity from thee.
And it shall come to pass that instead of sweet perfumes, there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent and instead of well-set hair baldness and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth and burning instead of beauty.
Head » Of enemies slain in war, often cut off
And they cut off his head and stripped off his weapons and sent them into the land of the Philistines round about to publish it in the house of their idols and among the people.
She put her hand to the stake, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer, and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and slew him and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw their giant was dead, they fled.
Head » Illustrative » (covered,) of subjection
But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head, for that is even the same as if she were shaven.
For this cause the woman ought to have authority over her head: because of the angels.
Head » Of women generally covered in public
For she had asked the slave, What man is this that walks in the field to meet us? And the slave had said, This is my master; therefore she took a veil and covered herself.
But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonours her head, for that is even the same as if she were shaven.
Head » Priests forbidden to shave, &c
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head nor rend his clothes;
Head » Often anointed
But thou, when thou dost fast, anoint thine head, and wash thy face
Thy garments shall always be white, and thy head shall never lack ointment.
Head » In grief » The hands placed on
And Tamar put ashes on her head and rent her garment of different colours that was on her and laid her hand on her head and went on crying.
Thou shalt also go forth from him with thine hands upon thine head; for the LORD has rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
Head » Put for the whole person
Blessings are upon the head of the just, but the mouth of the wicked covers violence.
The blessings of thy father were greater than the blessings of my progenitors; unto the borders of the eternal hills they shall be upon the head of Joseph and on the crown of the Nazarite of his brethren.
Head » Parts of, mentioned » The skull
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, the place of a skull,
But when they went to bury her, they found no more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands.
Head » Parts of, mentioned » The forehead
And David put his hand in his bag and took a stone from there and slang it and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone remained sunk into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth.
and the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry out because of all the abominations that are done in the midst of her.
Head » Parts of, mentioned » The face
Then Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
And Jehu came to Jezreel, and when Jezebel heard of it, she painted her face and tired her head and looked out of a window.
Head » Illustrative » Of rulers
And everything that is inhabited by children of men, beasts of the field, and fowls of the heaven, he has given into thine hand, and has made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
Head » In grief » Covered up
And David went up by the ascent of Mount Olivet and wept as he went up and had his head covered, and he went barefoot. And all the people that were with him covered each one his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
After that Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hastened to his house mourning and having his head covered.
Head » Parts of, mentioned » The crown
Therefore the Lord will make bare the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will uncover that which they are ashamed of.
The blessings of thy father were greater than the blessings of my progenitors; unto the borders of the eternal hills they shall be upon the head of Joseph and on the crown of the Nazarite of his brethren.
Head » Bowed down » In worshipping God
And the people believed; and hearing that the LORD had visited the sons of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed and worshipped.
Head » Put for the life
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink; for when he shall see your faces more downcast than the other young men who are like unto you, then ye shall condemn my head before the king.
And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy slave can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore, I will make thee keeper of my head all the days.
Head » Parts of, mentioned » Hairs
For innumerable evils have compassed me about; my iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to see; they are more than the hairs of my head; therefore my heart fails me.
Head » Illustrative » (lifted up,) of exaltation
yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head and restore thee unto thy place, and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me; therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in his tabernacle; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
Head » Liable to » Internal disease
Why should I chastise you any more? Ye will revolt more and more; every head is sick, and every heart faint.
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a servant, Carry him to his mother.
Head » The uppermost and chief member of the body
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in him; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha, the son of Shaphat, shall remain upon him today.
Head » Illustrative » (anointed,) of joy and prosperity
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of a unicorn; I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
Thou shalt prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup is running over.
Head » Illustrative » (lifted up,) of joy and confidence
But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory and the lifter up of my head.
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up and lift up your heads, for your redemption draws near.
Head » In grief » Sprinkled with dust
Then Joshua rent his clothes and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, putting dust upon their heads.
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept; and each one rent his mantle and sprinkled dust upon his head toward heaven.
Head » All the other members necessary to
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee; nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Head » Illustrative » Of God
But I would have you know that the head of every man is the Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
Verse Concepts
Head » Liable to » Baldness
And the man whose hair has fallen off his head is bald; yet he is clean. And if his hair has fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald; yet is he clean.
Head » Liable to » Leprosy
But if in the bald head, or bald forehead, there is a white reddish sore, it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead. Then the priest shall look upon it; and if the rising of the sore is white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh, he is a leprous man, he is unclean; the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.
Head » When hoary with age to be respected
Thou shalt rise up before grey hair and honour the face of the elder and fear thy God. I am the LORD.
Head » Of the leper always uncovered
And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent and his head uncovered, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
Head » Parts of, mentioned » The temples
Then Jael, Heber's wife, took the tent stake, and putting a hammer in her hand, went softly unto him and smote the stake into his temples and fastened it into the ground, for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. And as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he entered into where she was, behold, Sisera lay dead with the stake through his temples.
Head » Illustrative » Of chief men
Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. The ancient and venerable to look upon is the head; the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail.
Head » The body supported and supplied by
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and well tied together among itself by the nourishment that every connecting bond supplies, by the operation of each member according to measure they have received, making increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in charity.
Head » Bowed down » As a token of respect
And he said, Peace be to you, fear not; your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
Head » Of criminals often cut off
And he sent and beheaded John in the prison.
Head » The jews censured for swearing by
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Head » Parts of, mentioned » The scalp
Surely God shall smite the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goes on still in his trespasses.
Head » Illustrative » (covered,) of defense and protection
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my saving health, cover thou my head in the day of battle.
Head » Liable to » Scab
Therefore the Lord will make bare the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will uncover that which they are ashamed of.
Head » Anointed
and that which is left of the oil that is in the priest's hand, he shall pour upon the head of the one that is to be purified; and thus shall the priest reconcile him before the LORD.
And what is left of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of the one that is to be purified, to reconcile him before the LORD.
Head » Nazarites forbidden to shave
All the days of the vow of their Nazariteship no razor shall come upon their head, until the days are fulfilled of their separation unto the LORD; they shall be holy and shall let the locks of the hair of their head grow.
Head » Illustrative » Of the chief city of a kingdom
For the head of Syria shall be Damascus, and the head of Damascus Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken, and it shall never again be a people.
Head » Illustrative » (lifted up,) of pride, &c
For, behold, thine enemies make a tumult, and those that hate thee have lifted up their head.
Head » In grief » Shorn
Then Job arose and rent his mantle and shaved his head and fell down upon the ground and worshipped
Head » Shaven when vows were taken
them take, and purify thyself with them, and pay their expenses, that they may shave their heads, and all may know that those things, of which they were informed concerning thee, are nothing, but that thou thyself dost also walk orderly and keep the law.
Head » Diseases of
Therefore the Lord will make bare the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will uncover that which they are ashamed of.
Phylactery » Worn » Head
But they do all their works that they may be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments
Rope » Worn » Head » servitude
Then his slaves said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins and ropes upon our heads and go out to the king of Israel; peradventure he will give thee thy life. So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads and came to the king of Israel and said, Thy slave Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he replied, If he is yet alive, he is my brother.