'Head' in the Bible

You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

But the hairs of your head are all numbered.

And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.

And his head was put on a plate and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother.

Lord have mercy on my son: for he is off his head, and is in great pain; and frequently he goes falling into the fire, and frequently into the water.

There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of great price, and she put the perfume on his head when he was seated at table.

And they made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put a rod in his right hand, and they went down on their knees before him, and made sport of him, saying, Long life to the King of the Jews.

And they put shame on him, and gave him blows on the head with the rod.

And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that is to say, Dead Man's Head,

And they put up over his head the statement of his crime in writing, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head.

The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,

And came back with the head on a plate, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

And again he sent to them another servant; and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.

And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, seated at table, there came a woman with a bottle of perfumed oil of great price; and when the bottle was broken she put the perfume on his head.

And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship.

And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head.

You put no oil on my head: but she has put perfume on my feet.

And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have resting-places, but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

But even the hairs of your head are numbered. Have no fear: you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.

But not a hair of your head will come to destruction.

They said this, testing him, so that they might have something against him. But Jesus, with his head bent down, made letters on the floor with his finger.

And again, with bent head, he made letters on the floor.

Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head.

There was at table one of his disciples, the one dear to Jesus, resting his head on Jesus' breast.

He, then, resting his head on Jesus' breast, said to him, Lord, who is it?

And the men of the army made a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him.

And he went out with his cross on him to the place which is named Dead Man's Head (in Hebrew, Golgotha):

So when Jesus had taken the wine he said, All is done. And with his head bent he gave up his spirit.

And the cloth, which had been round his head, not with the linen bands but rolled up in a place by itself.

She saw two angels in white seated where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head and the other at the feet.

(Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.

And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.

And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.

Then Paul said, I am not off my head, most noble Festus, but my words are true and wise.

So I make request to you to take food; for this is for your salvation: not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction.

But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.

But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.

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.

For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

For this reason it is right for the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

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.

The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,

And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,

But saying true words in love, may come to full growth in him, who is the head, even Christ;

For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.

And you are complete in him, who is the head of all rule and authority:

And not joined to the Head, from whom all the body, being given strength and kept together through its joins and bands, has its growth with the increase of God.

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 more than on the heads of those who are with you.

And his head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order:

And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;

And a great sign was seen in heaven: a A woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

And I saw a white cloud, and on the cloud I saw one seated, like a son of man, having on his head a crown of gold, and in his hand a sharp curved blade.

And the grapes were crushed under foot outside the town, and blood came out from them, even to the head-bands of the horses, two hundred miles.

And his eyes are a flame of fire, and crowns are on his head; and he has a name in writing, of which no man has knowledge but himself.