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number - 2776
orig_word - κεφαλή
word_orig - from the primary kapto (in the sense of seizing)
translit - kephale
tdnt - 3:673,429
phonetic - kef-al-ay'
part_of_speech - Noun Feminine
st_def - from the primary kapto (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively:--head.
IPD_def -

1. the head, both of men and often of animals. Since the loss of the head destroys life, this word is used in the phrases relating to capital and extreme punishment.
2. metaph. anything supreme, chief, prominent
   1. of persons, master lord: of a husband in relation to his wife
   2. of Christ: the Lord of the husband and of the Church
   3. of things: the corner stone

English - head
letter - k
data - {"def":{"short":"the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively","long":["the head, both of men and often of animals","metaphorically anything supreme, chief, prominent",["of persons, master lord: of a husband in relation to his wife","of Christ: the Lord of the husband and of the Church","of things: the corner stone"]]},"deriv":"from the primary κάπτω (in the sense of seizing)","pronun":{"ipa":"kɛ.fɑˈle","ipa_mod":"ce̞.fɑˈle̞","sbl":"kephalē","dic":"keh-fa-LAY","dic_mod":"kay-fa-LAY"},"comment":"Since the loss of the head destroys life, this word is used in the phrases relating to capital and extreme punishment."}
usages - head
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id - 2775
strongs - 2776
base_word - κεφαλή
data - {"def":{"short":"the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively","long":["the head, both of men and often of animals","metaphorically anything supreme, chief, prominent",["of persons, master lord: of a husband in relation to his wife","of Christ: the Lord of the husband and of the Church","of things: the corner stone"]]},"deriv":"from the primary κάπτω (in the sense of seizing)","pronun":{"ipa":"kɛ.fɑˈle","ipa_mod":"ce̞.fɑˈle̞","sbl":"kephalē","dic":"keh-fa-LAY","dic_mod":"kay-fa-LAY"},"comment":"Since the loss of the head destroys life, this word is used in the phrases relating to capital and extreme punishment."}
usage - head

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