10 occurrences

'Head' in the Bible

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

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, Used FigurativelyBeing FirstFoliageBearing FruitMaturity

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

Verse ConceptsRemoving Heads

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.

Verse ConceptseagernessSuddenlyRemoving HeadsSkullsHasty ActionPots For Cooking And Eating

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,

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

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

Verse ConceptsSkullsPots For Cooking And Eating

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.

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

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.

Verse ConceptsStaffBeatingsBeating JesusSalivaStriking People With A Staff

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

Verse ConceptsCalvarySkullsInterpreting Languagecrucifixion

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Mayor (2 instances)
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Straits (7 instances)
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