'Head' in the Bible

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

But thou, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,

And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven roosting-places; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

but of you even the hairs of the head are all numbered.

But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here upon a dish the head of John the baptist.

and his head was brought upon a dish, and was given to the damsel, and she carried it to her mother.

a woman, having an alabaster flask of very precious ointment, came to him and poured it out upon his head as he lay at table.

and having woven a crown out of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and, bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

And having spit upon him, they took the reed and beat him on his head.

And they set up over his head his accusation written: This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

And she went out, and said to her mother, What should I ask? And she said, The head of John the baptist.

And immediately going in with haste to the king, she asked saying, I desire that thou give me directly upon a dish the head of John the baptist.

And immediately the king, having sent one of the guard, ordered his head to be brought. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,

and brought his head upon a dish, and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother.

And again he sent to them another bondman; and at him they threw stones, and struck him on the head, and sent him away with insult.

And when he was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he lay at table, there came a woman having an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly; and having broken the alabaster flask, she poured it out upon his head.

And they struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and, bending the knee, did him homage.

and standing at his feet behind him weeping, began to wash his feet with tears; and she wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the myrrh.

My head with oil thou didst not anoint, but she has anointed my feet with myrrh.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven roosting-places, but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.

And lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent together and wholly unable to lift her head up.

And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish.

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

And the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns put it on his head, and put a purple robe on him,

When therefore Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and having bowed his head, he delivered up his spirit.

and the handkerchief which was upon his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded up in a distinct place by itself.

and beholds two angels sitting in white garments, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

But as they opposed and spoke injuriously, he shook his clothes, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own head: I am pure; from henceforth I will go to the nations.

And Paul, having yet stayed there many days, took leave of the brethren and sailed thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shorn his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow;

And the ship being caught and driven, and not able to bring her head to the wind, letting her go we were driven before it.

Wherefore I exhort you to partake of food, for this has to do with your safety; for not a hair from the head of any one of you shall perish.

If therefore thine enemy should hunger, feed him; if he should thirst, give him drink; for, so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.

But I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, but woman's head is the man, and the Christ's head God.

Every man praying or prophesying, having anything on his head, puts his head to shame.

But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered puts her own head to shame; for it is one and the same as a shaved woman.

For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, being God's image and glory; but woman is man's glory.

Therefore ought the woman to have authority on her head, on account of the angels.

The eye cannot say to the hand, I have not need of thee; or again, the head to the feet, I have not need of you.

for the administration of the fulness of times; to head up all things in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth; in him,

and has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the assembly,

but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:

for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ is head of the assembly. He is Saviour of the body.

And he is the head of the body, the assembly; who is the beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that he might have the first place in all things:

and ye are complete in him, who is the head of all principality and authority,

and not holding fast the head, from whom all the body, ministered to and united together by the joints and bands, increases with the increase of God.

To you therefore who believe is the preciousness; but to the disobedient, the stone which the builders cast away as worthless, this is become head of the corner,

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

And I saw another strong angel coming down out of the heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow upon his head, and his countenance as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire,

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

And I saw, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud one sitting like the Son of man, having upon his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head many diadems, having a name written which no one knows but himself;