1 Corinthians 11:10
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Therefore ought the woman to have a power over her head, because of the angels.

power.

Genesis 20:16 And to Sara he said: Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver, this shall serve thee for a covering of thy eyes to all that are with thee, and whithersoever thou shalt go: and remember thou wast taken.

Genesis 24:64,65 Rebecca also, when she saw Isaac, lighted off the camel, . . .

because.

Ecclesiastes 5:6 Give not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin: and say not before the angel: There is no providence: lest God be angry at thy words, and destroy all the works of thy hands.

Matthew 18:10 See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

Hebrews 1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent to minister for them who shall receive the inheritance of salvation?

Context
Roles in Worship
9For the man was not created for the woman: but the woman for the man. 10Therefore ought the woman to have a power over her head, because of the angels. 11But yet neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 11:9
For the man was not created for the woman: but the woman for the man.

1 Corinthians 11:11
But yet neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.

Lexicon
For this reason
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

a woman
γυνὴ (gynē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

ought
ὀφείλει (opheilei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 3784: Or, its prolonged form opheileo probably from the base of ophelos; to owe; figuratively, to be under obligation; morally, to fail in duty.

to have
ἔχειν (echein)
Verb - Present Infinitive Active
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

a sign of authority
ἐξουσίαν (exousian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1849: From exesti; privilege, i.e. force, capacity, competency, freedom, or mastery, delegated influence.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

[her]
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

head,
κεφαλῆς (kephalēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2776: From the primary kapto; the head, literally or figuratively.

because of
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

the
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

angels.
ἀγγέλους (angelous)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor.


Additional Translations
For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Because of this, the woman ought to have authority on the head, on account of the angels.

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.

for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Therefore ought the woman to have authority on her head, on account of the angels.

for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head, because of the angels.

That is why a woman ought to have on her head a symbol of subjection, because of the angels.

For this cause the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.

because of this the woman ought to have a token of authority upon the head, because of the messengers;
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