'Head' in the Bible

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

And by their hand hath Rephaiah son of Hur, head of the half of the district of Jerusalem, strengthened.

And by his hand hath Shallum son of Halohesh, head of the half of the district of Jerusalem, strengthened, he and his daughters.

And the dung-gate hath Malchijah son of Rechab, head of the district of Beth-Haccerem, strengthened; he doth built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

And the gate of the fountain hath Shallum son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, strengthened: he doth build it, and cover it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Siloah, to the garden of the king, and unto the steps that are going down from the city of David.

After him hath Nehemiah son of Azbuk, head of the half of the district of Beth-Zur, strengthened, unto over-against the graves of David, and unto the pool that is made, and unto the house of the mighty ones.

After him have the Levites strengthened, and Rehum son of Bani: by his hand hath Hashabiah, head of the half of the district of Keilah, strengthened, for his district.

After him have their brethren strengthened, and Bavvai son of Henadad, head of the half of the district of Keilah.

And Ezer son of Jeshua, head of Mizpah, doth strengthen, by his hand, a second measure, from over-against the ascent of the armoury at the angle.

Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

and I charge Hanani my brother, and Hananiah head of the palace, concerning Jerusalem -- for he is as a man of truth, and fearing God above many --

yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou art a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.

And at the head of those that sealed were Nehemiah the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zedekiah.

and Mattaniah son of Micha, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, is head -- at the commencement he giveth thanks in prayer; and Bakbukiah is second among his brethren, and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.

And his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel and Judah, Hanani, with the music-instruments of David, the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was at their head;

For in the days of David and Asaph from ancient times there was the head of the singers and a song of praise and thanksgiving to God.

and sendeth letters unto all provinces of the king, unto province and province according to its writing, and unto people and people according to its tongue, for every man being head in his own house -- and speaking according to the language of his people.

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Now when Mordecai saw what was done, pulling off his robe, he put on haircloth, with dust on his head, and went out into the middle of the town, crying out with a loud and bitter cry.

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

So Satan left the Lord’s presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.

When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.

If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

But if I do lift up my head, you will hunt me like a lion! You will perform miracles in order to fight against me.

then you will hold your head high, free from fault.You will be firmly established and unafraid.

I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

High they were for a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all others they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.

I'll wear it on my shoulder, or tie it on my head for a crown!

Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?

It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had a head of white hair.

But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment);I humbled my soul with fasting,And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil: and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head, lifting you high over all other kings.

By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and broken; make it strong again, for it is moved.

Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

So they will make him stumble;Their own tongue is against them;All who see them will shake the head.

Thou hast caused man to ride at our head. We have entered into fire and into water, And Thou bringest us out to a watered place.

But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.

Do not be so certain you have won! Do not speak with your head held so high!

before Ephraim,Benjamin, and Manasseh.Rally Your power and come to save us.

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

I have made discovery of David my servant; I have put my holy oil on his head.

Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

And I -- I have been a reproach to them, They see me, they shake their head.

He doth judge among the nations, He hath completed the carcases, Hath smitten the head over the mighty earth.

He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner.

It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith:

She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

Her feet go down to death;her steps head straight for Sheol.

At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

The intelligent person restrains his words,and one who keeps a cool headis a man of understanding.

The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

a strutting rooster, a goat,and a king at the head of his army.

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

There was no end of all the people, of all those whose head he was, but they who come later will have no delight in him. This again is to no purpose and desire for wind.

Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

“He has brought me to his banqueting place,And his banner over me is love [waving overhead to protect and comfort me].

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

Go out, O daughters of Jerusalem, and see King Solomon, with the crown which his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, and on the day of the joy of his heart.

Your red lips are like a bright thread, and your mouth is fair of form; the sides of your head are like pomegranate fruit under your veil.

I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

Like pomegranate fruit are the sides of your head under your veil.

Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face: for this cause there will be no forgiveness for their sin.

Head of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers.