12 occurrences

'Head' in the Bible

She reached out one hand for the tent peg, and her other for the workman's mallet. Then she struck Sisera, smashing his head, shattering and piercing his temple.

Verse ConceptsHeadsHandsPegsSharp ToolsKilling Named Individuals

But a certain woman threw an upper millstone down on Abimelech's head, fracturing his skull.

Verse ConceptsBeing Killed By A RockSkullscrushes

The people and Gilead's officials inquired among themselves, "Who will begin our attack against the Ammonites? He'll become head over everyone who lives in Gilead."

Verse ConceptsFirst To FightFighting EnemiesCompetition

So the elders of Gilead told Jephthah, "Well, we're coming back to you now so you can accompany us, fight the Ammonites, and become the head of all the inhabitants of Gilead."

Then Jephthah asked the elders of Gilead, "If you all send me to fight against the Ammonites and the LORD hands them over right in front of me, will I really become your head?"

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people appointed him head and military commander over them. Jephthah uttered everything he had to say with the solemnity of an oath in the LORD's presence at Mizpah.

Verse ConceptsAuthority Delegated To PeopleLater Covenants With God

because surprise! you're going to conceive and give birth to a son! Don't put a razor to his head, because the young man will be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from inside the womb. He will begin to deliver Israel from domination by the Philistines."

Verse ConceptsBaldness, UnnaturalBaldnessHairsHeadsDeliverersConceptionSeparated To GodFrom The Womb

Later on, Delilah told Samson, "You're still mocking me and telling me lies! Tell me how to tie you up!" He answered her, "If you weave the seven locks on my head into a loom and fasten it with a peg, then I will become weak and just like any other human being."

Verse ConceptsSpinning And WeavingTying Updreadlocks

So Delilah took the seven locks on his head and wove them into the loom while he slept. She fastened his hair with a peg and then told him, "The Philistines are attacking you, Samson!" But he woke up from his nap and pulled the pin from the loom and the weaving.

So he finally disclosed everything. He told her, "A razor has never touched my head, because I've been a Nazirite for God before I was born. If I am shaved, then my strength will abandon me and I will become weak like every human being."

Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAsceticism, People PracticingBeardsHairsHeadsKnivesShavingYielding To TemptationSeparated To GodLong HairFrom The WombHair

So she enticed him to fall asleep on her lap, called for a man to shave off his seven locks of hair from his head, and so began to humiliate him. Then his strength abandoned him.

Verse ConceptsContentious WomanBarbersBaldnessKneelingShavingTreacheryKneesSeven Body PartsLong HairNo Strength LeftHairvulnerabilitydreadlocks

But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved off.

Verse ConceptsReinstatementLong HairHair GrowingGrowingHair

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Captain (178 instances)
Chair (8 instances)
Class (20 instances)
Forefront (12 instances)
Heading (14 instances)
Headway (1 instance)
Master (460 instances)
Mayor (2 instances)
Precede (1 instance)
Principal (36 instances)
Question (181 instances)
Straits (7 instances)
Subject (135 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קדקד 
Qodqod 
crown of the head , top of the head , crown , pate , scalp
Usage: 11

שׂיבה 
Seybah 
Usage: 19

אזה אזא 
'aza' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

בּרזל 
Barzel 
Usage: 76

גּלגּלת 
Gulgoleth 
Usage: 12

להבת להבה 
Lehabah 
Usage: 19

מהר 
Mahar 
Usage: 68

מראשׁה 
M@ra'ashah 
Usage: 9

פּאר 
P@'er 
Usage: 7

קדד 
Qadad 
bow...head , stoop , bow
Usage: 15

קרחת 
Qarachath 
Usage: 4

קשּׁר 
Qishshur 
Usage: 2

ראשׁ 
Re'sh (Aramaic) 
head , sum , chief
Usage: 14

ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

κατακρημνίζω 
Katakremnizo 
Usage: 1

κεφαλαιόω 
Kephalaioo 
wound in the head
Usage: 0

κεφαλή 
Kephale 
Usage: 63

πρηνής 
Prenes 
Usage: 1

προπετής 
Propetes 
Usage: 2

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