Bible Dictionary: Head: The Uppermost and Chief Member of the Body

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Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
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2 Kings 6:31
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
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Library

Concerning the Ministry.
... by assigning it a real, pure, living, quick head, full of ... grace of God that comes
therefrom, and the chief and most ... is his body, unless he be a member of the ...
/.../proposition x concerning the ministry.htm

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners:
... GRACE ABOUNDING TO THE CHIEF OF SINNERS; OR, A BRIEF ... I at first did get in my head,
and after ... by a sidling striving, my shoulders, and my whole body; then was ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/grace abounding to the chief.htm

Among the People, and with the Pharisees
... the pious Jew would cover in prayer his head with this ... and principles"would gain
for them the distinction of uppermost rooms at feasts, and chief seats in ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 13 among the people.htm

The Form and Spirit of Religion
... inconsistently; but this man was the chief minister, and ... midst of her pain, this
still was uppermost"that the ... a cassock than they could live without a head. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the form and spirit of.htm

Life of Bunyan
... penny has come down with the wrong side uppermost, and the ... But, in point of fact,
the chief stress of the more ... once: in heaven by my Christ, by my head, by my ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hamilton/life of bunyan/life of bunyan.htm

Away in Paris, a Vast Concourse of People were Assembled Round an ...
... for ever and ever Right comes uppermost, and the ... The chief of the State works
well,"organizes;"puts ... knelt with him, as, bending his head reverently over ...
//christianbookshelf.org/corelli/the master-christian/xxxii away in paris a.htm

Scriptural Poems; Being Several Portions of Scripture Digested ...
... Then the chief baker having understood, That the interpretation was so good ... said,
Lo, I had three white baskets on my head, And in the uppermost there seem'd ...
/.../scriptural poems being several portions.htm

Seasonable Counsel: Or, Advice to Sufferers.
... "And fear not them," saith Christ, "which kill the body, but are not able to ... "And
immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/seasonable counsel or advice to.htm

the Legendary History of Egypt
... Thot is the chief of the ... a crown of ripe ears and placed it upon her head one day ...
to avoid the suspicion of adultery, he cast his bleeding member into the ...
/.../chapter iii -the legendary history of.htm

The First Epistle of St. Peter
... it is not incompatible with loyalty to the head of the ... Your uppermost thought should
be their conversion, and this ... friends, and that as the chief friends were ...
/.../moffat/the general epistles james peter and judas/the first epistle of st.htm

Subtopics

Head

Head Covering

Head Coverings

Head in Grief: Covered Up

Head in Grief: Shorn

Head in Grief: Sprinkled With Dust

Head in Grief: The Hands Placed On

Head of Chief Men

Head of Christ

Head of Criminals often Cut off

Head of Enemies Slain in War, often Cut off