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head

Meaning of “head”

The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.

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First occurrence: Genesis 3:15

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Daniel 1:10
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 1:10 · retained source text

And the Prince of the Eunuches said vnto Daniel, I feare my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat, and your drinke: for why should he see your faces worse liking then the children which are of your sort? then shall yee make mee indanger my head to the King.

1611 marginal noteHebr. sadder.

1611 marginal noteOr, terme, or continuance.

Daniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Daniel 2:28 · retained source text

But there is a God in heauen that reuealeth secrets, and maketh knowen to the king Nebuchad-nezzar, what shalbe in the latter dayes. Thy dreame, and the visions of thy head vpon thy bed, are these.

1611 marginal noteCald. hath made knowen.

Daniel 2:32
This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Daniel 2:32 · retained source text

This images head was of fine gold, his breast and his armes of siluer, his belly and his thighes of brasse:

1611 marginal noteOr, sides.

Daniel 2:38
And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Daniel 2:38 · retained source text

And wheresoeuer the children of men dwel, the beasts of the field, and the foules of the heauen hath he giuen into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler ouer them all: thou art this head of gold.

Daniel 3:27
And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellers, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 3:27 · retained source text

And the princes, gouernours, and captaines, and the kings counsellers, being gathered together, saw these men, vpon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an haire of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.

Daniel 4:10
Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.
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1611 witness · Daniel 4:10 · retained source text

Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the middest of the earth, and the height thereof was great.

1611 marginal noteCald. I was seeing.

Daniel 4:13
I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;
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1611 witness · Daniel 4:13 · retained source text

I sawe in the visions of my head vpon my bed, & behold, a watcher and an holy one came downe from heauen.

Daniel 7:1
IN the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 7:1 · retained source text

¶ In the first yeere of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dreame, and visions of his head vpon his bed: then he wrote the dreame, and tolde the summe of the matters.

1611 marginal noteCald. saw.

1611 marginal noteOr, words.

Daniel 7:9
¶ I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 7:9 · retained source text

¶ I beheld till the thrones were cast downe, and the Ancient of dayes did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the haire of his head like the pure wooll: his throne was like the fierie flame, and his wheeles as burning fire.

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