Dictionary of Bible Themes The position of the head often expresses an attitude or emotion. Figuratively head may mean "chief", "first" or "top". Genesis 28:11,18; 48:14,17The head as part of the body Judges 5:26Heads of people Songs 2:6Jonah 2:5 Exodus 12:9 Leviticus 1:4 Heads of animals 2 Kings 6:25Exodus 22:1 1 Kings 4:23 "head of cattle" refers to the number of cattle: 2 Chronicles 15:11; 35:91 Samuel 5:4; 19:13,16 Heads of idols Leviticus 13:12The head as the uppermost part of the body 2 Samuel 14:25Job 2:7 Isaiah 1:6 Habakkuk 3:13 John 13:9 1 Samuel 9:2; 10:23 A measure of height 2 Samuel 1:10Esther 2:17 A crown worn on the head Psalms 21:3Jeremiah 13:18 Lamentations 5:16 Zechariah 6:11 Leviticus 8:9 Ezekiel 23:15 A turban worn on the head Zechariah 3:5Genesis 40:19 1 Samuel 17:46,51 Death and decapitation 2 Samuel 4:7; 16:9Matthew 14:8-11 pp Mk 6:24-28 Leviticus 20:9,11-13,27Head used figuratively in various expressions Joshua 2:19"Be it on one's own head": personal responsibility that is inescapable 1 Samuel 25:392 Samuel 1:16 1 Kings 2:33 Ezekiel 9:10; 33:4-5 1 Kings 8:32 "To come back on one's own head": a wrongdoer suffering the very wrong he or she has committed Nehemiah 4:4Esther 9:25 pp 2Ch 6:23 Psalms 7:16; 140:9Joel 3:4,7 Obadiah 1:15 Proverbs 25:22 Romans 12:20 "To heap burning coals on his head": generosity towards an enemy in the hope of causing a change of heart 1 Samuel 14:451 Kings 1:52 "Not a hair on one's head will be lost": absolute safety Daniel 3:27Luke 12:7 Acts 27:34 2 Timothy 4:5 "To keep one's head": staying calm Nehemiah 6:8"Making it up out of one's head": imagining something Genesis 49:26Deuteronomy 33:16 "Blessing resting on your head" Proverbs 10:6Isaiah 35:10; 51:11 Leviticus 14:9,18,29 Rituals concerning the head Cleansing after infectious skin diseases: Numbers 6:9Judges 13:5; 16:17 Provisions connected with the Nazirite vow: 1 Samuel 1:11Deuteronomy 21:12 Exodus 29:7 Leviticus 8:12 The anointing of the head Matthew 26:7pp Mk 14:3 1 Corinthians 11:4-7,10,13-15Covering or uncovering the head in Christian worship Psalms 35:14Expressions of grief involving the head Lamentations 2:10Bowing the head Deuteronomy 14:1Isaiah 15:2 Shaving the head Jeremiah 47:5; 48:37Ezekiel 7:18; 27:30-31; 44:20 Amos 8:10 Micah 1:16 Joshua 7:6 1 Samuel 4:12 Putting dust on the head 2 Samuel 1:2; 15:32Nehemiah 9:1 Job 2:12 2 Samuel 15:30 Esther 6:12 Covering the head Jeremiah 14:3-4Psalms 3:3; 27:6; 110:7 Various attitudes expressed with the head Luke 21:28Lifting up the head in joy and expectation Isaiah 58:5Luke 18:13 Bowing the head in humility Judges 8:28Job 10:15 Hanging the head in shame and dejection 2 Kings 19:21Shaking the head in scorn Job 16:4Psalms 109:25 pp Isa 37:22 Jeremiah 18:16; 48:27Lamentations 2:15 Matthew 27:39 Psalms 22:7 pp Mk 15:29 Psalms 83:2Rearing the head in rebellion 1 Corinthians 11:3Head meaning "chief" or "first" Ephesians 1:10,22; 5:23Jesus Christ as the head Colossians 1:18; 2:10,19Exodus 6:14,25 Numbers 1:4; 17:3 The head of a family, tribe or kingdom Judges 11:8-9Isaiah 7:8-9; 9:14-15 1 Corinthians 11:3 Ephesians 5:23 Man as the head Proverbs 1:21Head meaning "top" Isaiah 51:20Head of a street Lamentations 2:19; 4:1Ezekiel 16:25 Nahum 3:10 Isaiah 28:1,4 Head of a valley 1 Samuel 9:22Head of a table Leviticus 2:14Hosea 8:7 Head of a stalk of grain Deuteronomy 19:52 Kings 6:5 Head of an axe 2 Chronicles 20:21Head meaning "front" Joel 2:11See also 2069 Christ, pre-eminence2212 Christ, head of church 5051 responsibility 5155 hair 5159 hearing 5181 sitting 5215 authority 5280 crown 5419 mourning 5700 headship 5865 gestures 7304 anointing |
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