'Head' in the Bible

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

When you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house 'Beelzebul,' how much more will they defame the members of his household!

Even all the hairs on your head are numbered.

Instructed by her mother, she said, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter."

His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table.

and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"

They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head.

Above his head they put the charge against him, which read: "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."

By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

So she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "The head of John the baptizer."

Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: "I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately."

So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.

He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head.

Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him.

You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

In fact, even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, 'Lord, let us in!' But he will answer you, 'I don't know where you come from.'

Yet not a hair of your head will perish.

Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the head steward," and they did.

When the head steward tasted the water that had been turned to wine, not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom

Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!"

The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.

When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, "It is completed!" Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.

and the face cloth, which had been around Jesus' head, not lying with the strips of linen cloth but rolled up in a place by itself.

And she saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus' body had been lying, one at the head and one at the feet.

When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along.

Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your survival. For not one of you will lose a hair from his head."

Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.

Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered disgraces his head.

But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same thing as having a shaved head.

For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should cover her head.

For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.

For this reason a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," nor in turn can the head say to the foot, "I do not need you."

toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ -- the things in heaven and the things on earth.

And God put all things under Christ's feet, and he gave him to the church as head over all things.

But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church -- he himself being the savior of the body.

He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

He has not held fast to the head from whom the whole body, supported and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.

His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame.

Then I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire.

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

Then I looked, and a white cloud appeared, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man! He had a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

His eyes are like a fiery flame and there are many diadem crowns on his head. He has a name written that no one knows except himself.