Strong G2776κεφαλή
head
- Transliteration
- kephalē
- Pronunciation
- kef-al-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably from the primary wordκάπτω kaptō (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of) literally or figuratively: - head.
Detailed definition
κεφαλή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX nearly always for רֹאשׁ;]
the head: Mat.5:35, Mrk.6:24, Rev.1:14 9:7, al. mult.; figuratively, ἄνθρακες ἐπὶ τὴν κ., Rom.12:20 (LXX); αἷμι, Act.18:6; metaphorically, of a husband, with genitive, 1Co.1:13, Eph.5:23; of Christ, 1Co.11:3, Eph.4:15 5:23, Col.1:18 2:10, 19; of things, κ. γωνίας, Mat.21:42 (LXX)
(AS)
[in LXX nearly always for רֹאשׁ;]
the head: Mat.5:35, Mrk.6:24, Rev.1:14 9:7, al. mult.; figuratively, ἄνθρακες ἐπὶ τὴν κ., Rom.12:20 (LXX); αἷμι, Act.18:6; metaphorically, of a husband, with genitive, 1Co.1:13, Eph.5:23; of Christ, 1Co.11:3, Eph.4:15 5:23, Col.1:18 2:10, 19; of things, κ. γωνίας, Mat.21:42 (LXX)
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2776 appears in 68 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- head68
- of2
- the1
- with1
First verses
- Matthew 5:36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
- Matthew 6:17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
- Matthew 8:20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
- Matthew 10:30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
- Matthew 14:8And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
- Matthew 14:11And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
- Matthew 21:42Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
- Matthew 26:7There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.
- Matthew 27:29And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
- Matthew 27:30And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
- Matthew 27:37And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- Matthew 27:39And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
- Mark 6:24And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
- Mark 6:25And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
- Mark 6:27And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
- Mark 6:28And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
- Mark 12:10And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
- Mark 14:3And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
- Mark 15:19And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
- Mark 15:29And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κεφᾰλή, ἡ,
head of man or beast, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see.below), 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15, etc.; once in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus, “Th.” 525 (Lyric poetry), once in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, “Aj.” 238 (_anapaest meter_), also in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, “fragment” 308 (_anapaest meter_), “Rh.” 226 (Lyric poetry), +others; ἄλλου οὐδενὸς ἐμψύχου κ. γεύσεται Αἰγυπτίων οὐδείς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.39)]; κεφαλῇ.. μείζονες taller in stature, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.168)]; so μείων.. κεφαλήν[Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 193 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus: frequently with Preps.,)]
a κατὰ κεφαλῆς, Epic dialect κὰκ κεφαλῆς, down over the head, κόνιν.. χεύατο κὰκ κεφαλῆς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.24, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.85, etc.)]
b κατὰ κεφαλήν, Epic dialect κὰκ κεφαλήν on the head, Ἐρύλαον.. βάλε πέτρῳ μέσσην κὰκ κεφαλήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.412, compare 20.387, 475)]: in Prose, from above, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.8)]: c.genitive, above, κ. κ. τινῶν γενέσθαι [Refs ([prev. work] 7.2.11)]; τὸ κ. κ. ὕδωρ, of rain water, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.10.7 (-ὴν codices), “CP” 6.18.10)] (-ῆς): in Architecture texts, upright, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 22.463.42)]; also, per head, each person (compare below 1.2), [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1272a14, LXX.Exo.16.16; κατὰ κεφαλὴν τῶν κωμητῶν “PPetr.” 2p.17 (3rd c.BC).)]
c ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς from head to foot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.169; τὰ πράγματα ἐκ τῶν ποδῶν ἐς τὴν κ. σοι πάντ᾽ ἐρῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 650.)]
d ἐπὶ κεφαλήν head foremost, ἐπὶ κ. κατορύξαι to bury head downwards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.35)]; ἐπὶ κ. ὠθέεσθαι to be thrust headlong, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.136, compare 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 251; ἐπὶ κ. ὠθεῖν τινα ἐκ τοῦ θρόνου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 553b; ἐπὶ τὴν κ. εἰς κόρακας ὦσον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 138; εὐθὺς ἐπὶ κ. εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον βαδίζειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.12)]; οὐ βουλόμενος πολίτας ἄνδρας ἐπὶ κ. εἰσπράττειν τὸν μισθόν recklessly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Lycophrone” 17)]; ἐπὶ ταῖς κεφαλαῖς περιφέρειν carry on high, in token of admiration, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 600d.)]
2 as the noblest part, periphrastic for the whole person, πολλὰς ἰφθίμους κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.55, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.343, etc.)]; ἶσον ἐμῇ κ. no less than myself, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.82; ἑᾷ κ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.67; especially in salutation, φίλη κ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.281, compare 18.114; ἠθείη κ. 23.94; Ἄπολλον, ὦ δία κ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 226 (Lyric poetry): in Prose, Φαῖδρε, φίλη κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 264a; τῆς θείας κ. 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.212a)]: in bad sense, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.29; ὦ μιαρὰ κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 285: periphrastic in Prose, πεντακοσίας κεφαλὰς τῶν Ξέρξεω πολεμίων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.99)]: in bad sense, ἡ μιαρὰ καὶ ἀναιδὴς αὕτη κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.117, compare 18.153; ἡ κ. τῶν αὐτοῦ “PRein.” 57.8 (4th c.AD))]; μεγάλη κ. a great personage, Vett. Val.[Refs (74.7; compare above 1 b near the end)]
3 life, ἐμῇ κ. περιδείδια [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.242; σύν τε μεγάλῳ ἀπέτεισαν, σὺν σφῇσιν κεφαλῇσι 4.162)]; παρθέμενοι κεφαλάς staking their heads on the cast, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.237)]; τὴν κ. ἀποβαλέεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.65.)]
4 in imprecations, ἐς κεφαλὴν τράποιτ᾽ ἐμοί on my head be it! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 833; ἐς τὴν κ. ἅπαντα τὴν σὴν τρέψεται [prev. author] “Nu.” 40; ἃ σοὶ καὶ τοῖς σοῖς οἱ θεοὶ τρέψειαν εἰς κ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.290)]; ἐς κ. σοί (i.e. τράποιτο) [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1063, “Pl.” 526; σοὶ εἰς κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 283e; τὰ μὲν πρότερον.. ἐγὼ κεφαλῇ ἀναμάξας φέρω 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.155; οἷς ἂν.. τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπὶ τὴν κ. ἀναθεῖεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.294; τὸ αἷμα ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὴν κ. ὑμῶν NT.Act.18.6.)]
II of things, extremity,
II.a in Botany, κ. σκορόδου head (= inflorescence) of garlic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 718, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.6.4; κ. μήκωνος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.8.2)]; ῥίζα κ. ἔχουσα πλείονας tubers, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.120.)]
II.b in Anatomy, κεφαλαὶ τῆς κάτω γνάθου, probably the condyloid and coronoid processes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 30)]; ἡ κ. τοῦ ὄρχεως, ={ἐπιδιδυμίς}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 510a14, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 4.565)]; μηροῦ, κνήμης κ., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.186, 188)]; of the base of the heart, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 6.16)]; but, apex, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ καρδίης” 7)]; of the sac in poulps, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 654a23, 685a5)]; of muscles, origin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 7.14.)]
II.c generally, top, brim of a vessel, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 8.87)]; coping of a wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.68)]; capital of a column, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2782.31 (from Aphrodisias), LXX.3Ki.7.16, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.121.)]
II.d in plural, source of a river, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.91)] (butsg., mouth, οἶδα Γέλα ποταμοῦ κεφαλῇ ἐπικείμενον ἄστυ [Refs (Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2080.48))]: generally, source, origin, Ζεὺς κ. (variant{ἀρχή}), Ζεὺς μέσσα, Διὸς δ᾽ ἒκ πάντα τελεῖται τέτυκται codices) [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 21a)]; starting-point, κ. χρόνου [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Placita Philosophorum” 2.32.2 (κρόνου codices), 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Mensibus” 3.4; κ. μηνός [prev. work] 12.)]
II.e extremity of a plot of land, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.72 (3rd c.BC), “PFlor.” 50.83 (3rd c.AD).)]
III Ὁμηρείη κ. bust of Homer, [Refs (“IG” 14.1183.10.)]
IV κ. περίθετος wig, head-dress, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 258.)]
V metaphorically, κ. δείπνου pièce de résistance, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 172.15.)]
V.2 crown, completion, κεφαλὴν ἐπιθεῖναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 69b; ὥσπερ κ. ἀποδοῦναι τοῖς εἰρημένοις [prev. author] “Phlb.” 66d, compare “Grg.” 505d; ὥσπερ κεφαλὴν ἔχουσα ἐπιστήμη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1141a19)]; consummation, σχεῖν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 39d.)]
V.3 sum, total, πάσας ἐρρηγείας [Refs (“Tab.Heracl.” 1.36)]; of money, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(9).7 (Carystus, 4th c.BC), “SIG” 245ii 36 (Delph., 4th c.BC).)]
V.4 band of men, [LXX (LXX.Job.1.17)]; right-hand half of a phalanx (opposed to οὐρά), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 8.3, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 7.3.)]
V.5 Astron., κ. τοῦ κόσμου, of Aries, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Hephaestio Astrologus 1.1)]. (ghebh-, compare κεβλή and Engl. gable.)
head of man or beast, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (see.below), 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15, etc.; once in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus, “Th.” 525 (Lyric poetry), once in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, “Aj.” 238 (_anapaest meter_), also in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, “fragment” 308 (_anapaest meter_), “Rh.” 226 (Lyric poetry), +others; ἄλλου οὐδενὸς ἐμψύχου κ. γεύσεται Αἰγυπτίων οὐδείς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.39)]; κεφαλῇ.. μείζονες taller in stature, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.168)]; so μείων.. κεφαλήν[Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 193 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus: frequently with Preps.,)]
a κατὰ κεφαλῆς, Epic dialect κὰκ κεφαλῆς, down over the head, κόνιν.. χεύατο κὰκ κεφαλῆς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.24, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.85, etc.)]
b κατὰ κεφαλήν, Epic dialect κὰκ κεφαλήν on the head, Ἐρύλαον.. βάλε πέτρῳ μέσσην κὰκ κεφαλήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.412, compare 20.387, 475)]: in Prose, from above, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.8)]: c.genitive, above, κ. κ. τινῶν γενέσθαι [Refs ([prev. work] 7.2.11)]; τὸ κ. κ. ὕδωρ, of rain water, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.10.7 (-ὴν codices), “CP” 6.18.10)] (-ῆς): in Architecture texts, upright, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 22.463.42)]; also, per head, each person (compare below 1.2), [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1272a14, LXX.Exo.16.16; κατὰ κεφαλὴν τῶν κωμητῶν “PPetr.” 2p.17 (3rd c.BC).)]
c ἐς πόδας ἐκ κεφαλῆς from head to foot, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.169; τὰ πράγματα ἐκ τῶν ποδῶν ἐς τὴν κ. σοι πάντ᾽ ἐρῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 650.)]
d ἐπὶ κεφαλήν head foremost, ἐπὶ κ. κατορύξαι to bury head downwards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.35)]; ἐπὶ κ. ὠθέεσθαι to be thrust headlong, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.136, compare 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 251; ἐπὶ κ. ὠθεῖν τινα ἐκ τοῦ θρόνου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 553b; ἐπὶ τὴν κ. εἰς κόρακας ὦσον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 138; εὐθὺς ἐπὶ κ. εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον βαδίζειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.12)]; οὐ βουλόμενος πολίτας ἄνδρας ἐπὶ κ. εἰσπράττειν τὸν μισθόν recklessly, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Lycophrone” 17)]; ἐπὶ ταῖς κεφαλαῖς περιφέρειν carry on high, in token of admiration, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 600d.)]
2 as the noblest part, periphrastic for the whole person, πολλὰς ἰφθίμους κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.55, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.343, etc.)]; ἶσον ἐμῇ κ. no less than myself, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.82; ἑᾷ κ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.67; especially in salutation, φίλη κ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.281, compare 18.114; ἠθείη κ. 23.94; Ἄπολλον, ὦ δία κ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 226 (Lyric poetry): in Prose, Φαῖδρε, φίλη κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 264a; τῆς θείας κ. 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.212a)]: in bad sense, ὦ κακαὶ κεφαλαί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.29; ὦ μιαρὰ κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 285: periphrastic in Prose, πεντακοσίας κεφαλὰς τῶν Ξέρξεω πολεμίων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.99)]: in bad sense, ἡ μιαρὰ καὶ ἀναιδὴς αὕτη κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.117, compare 18.153; ἡ κ. τῶν αὐτοῦ “PRein.” 57.8 (4th c.AD))]; μεγάλη κ. a great personage, Vett. Val.[Refs (74.7; compare above 1 b near the end)]
3 life, ἐμῇ κ. περιδείδια [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.242; σύν τε μεγάλῳ ἀπέτεισαν, σὺν σφῇσιν κεφαλῇσι 4.162)]; παρθέμενοι κεφαλάς staking their heads on the cast, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.237)]; τὴν κ. ἀποβαλέεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.65.)]
4 in imprecations, ἐς κεφαλὴν τράποιτ᾽ ἐμοί on my head be it! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 833; ἐς τὴν κ. ἅπαντα τὴν σὴν τρέψεται [prev. author] “Nu.” 40; ἃ σοὶ καὶ τοῖς σοῖς οἱ θεοὶ τρέψειαν εἰς κ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.290)]; ἐς κ. σοί (i.e. τράποιτο) [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1063, “Pl.” 526; σοὶ εἰς κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 283e; τὰ μὲν πρότερον.. ἐγὼ κεφαλῇ ἀναμάξας φέρω 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.155; οἷς ἂν.. τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπὶ τὴν κ. ἀναθεῖεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.294; τὸ αἷμα ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὴν κ. ὑμῶν NT.Act.18.6.)]
II of things, extremity,
II.a in Botany, κ. σκορόδου head (= inflorescence) of garlic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 718, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 12.6.4; κ. μήκωνος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.8.2)]; ῥίζα κ. ἔχουσα πλείονας tubers, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.120.)]
II.b in Anatomy, κεφαλαὶ τῆς κάτω γνάθου, probably the condyloid and coronoid processes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 30)]; ἡ κ. τοῦ ὄρχεως, ={ἐπιδιδυμίς}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 510a14, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 4.565)]; μηροῦ, κνήμης κ., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.186, 188)]; of the base of the heart, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 6.16)]; but, apex, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ καρδίης” 7)]; of the sac in poulps, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 654a23, 685a5)]; of muscles, origin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 7.14.)]
II.c generally, top, brim of a vessel, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 8.87)]; coping of a wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.68)]; capital of a column, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2782.31 (from Aphrodisias), LXX.3Ki.7.16, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.121.)]
II.d in plural, source of a river, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.91)] (butsg., mouth, οἶδα Γέλα ποταμοῦ κεφαλῇ ἐπικείμενον ἄστυ [Refs (Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2080.48))]: generally, source, origin, Ζεὺς κ. (variant{ἀρχή}), Ζεὺς μέσσα, Διὸς δ᾽ ἒκ πάντα τελεῖται τέτυκται codices) [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 21a)]; starting-point, κ. χρόνου [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“Placita Philosophorum” 2.32.2 (κρόνου codices), 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Mensibus” 3.4; κ. μηνός [prev. work] 12.)]
II.e extremity of a plot of land, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 3p.72 (3rd c.BC), “PFlor.” 50.83 (3rd c.AD).)]
III Ὁμηρείη κ. bust of Homer, [Refs (“IG” 14.1183.10.)]
IV κ. περίθετος wig, head-dress, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 258.)]
V metaphorically, κ. δείπνου pièce de résistance, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 172.15.)]
V.2 crown, completion, κεφαλὴν ἐπιθεῖναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 69b; ὥσπερ κ. ἀποδοῦναι τοῖς εἰρημένοις [prev. author] “Phlb.” 66d, compare “Grg.” 505d; ὥσπερ κεφαλὴν ἔχουσα ἐπιστήμη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1141a19)]; consummation, σχεῖν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 39d.)]
V.3 sum, total, πάσας ἐρρηγείας [Refs (“Tab.Heracl.” 1.36)]; of money, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12(9).7 (Carystus, 4th c.BC), “SIG” 245ii 36 (Delph., 4th c.BC).)]
V.4 band of men, [LXX (LXX.Job.1.17)]; right-hand half of a phalanx (opposed to οὐρά), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 8.3, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 7.3.)]
V.5 Astron., κ. τοῦ κόσμου, of Aries, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Hephaestio Astrologus 1.1)]. (ghebh-, compare κεβλή and Engl. gable.)