8 occurrences

'Head' in the Bible

She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."

Verse ConceptsRemoving Heads

She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."

Verse ConceptseagernessSuddenlyRemoving HeadsSkullsHasty ActionPots For Cooking And Eating

Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Verse ConceptsMartyrdom Of The SaintsDeath penaltyCommands, in NTPrisonersPunishment, Legal Aspects OfExecutionersRemoving HeadsKilling DisciplesDeath Penalty For Killing

and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the young lady gave it to her mother.

Verse ConceptsSkullsPots For Cooking And Eating

Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.

While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard -- very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.

Verse ConceptsGuestsHeadsHospitality, Examples OfMealsOintmentPerfumeA Broken WomanTablesWitnessing, Approaches ToRecreationHospitality Towards ChristBoxesBreaking ContainersReclining To EatStone ItemsExpensiveReceiving Jesus As A Guest

They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.

Verse ConceptsStaffBeatingsBeating JesusSalivaStriking People With A Staff

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