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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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364 occurrences334 verses45 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 3:15

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Isaiah 1:5
¶ Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:5 · retained source text

¶ Why should yee be stricken any more? yee will reuolt more and more: the whole head is sicke, and the whole heart faint.

1611 marginal noteHeb. increase reuolt.

Isaiah 1:6
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:6 · retained source text

From the sole of the foote, euen vnto the head, there is no soundnesse in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they haue not beene closed, neither bound vp, neither mollified with oyntment.

1611 marginal noteOr, oyle.

Isaiah 3:17
Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 3:17 · retained source text

Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crowne of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discouer their secret parts.

1611 marginal noteHeb. make naked.

Isaiah 7:8
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 7:8 · retained source text

For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin, and within threescore and fiue yeeres shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from a people.

Isaiah 7:9
And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 7:9 · retained source text

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliahs sonne: if yee will not beleeue, surely yee shall not be established.

1611 marginal noteOr, doe yee not beleeue? it is because yee are not stable.

Isaiah 7:20
In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 7:20 · retained source text

In the same day shall the LORD shaue with a rasor that is hired, namely by them beyond the riuer, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the haire of the feet: and it shal also consume the beard.

1611 marginal note2.King. 19.35.

Isaiah 9:15
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 9:15 · retained source text

The ancient and honourable, hee is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the taile.

Isaiah 19:15
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 19:15 · retained source text

Neither shall there be any worke for Egypt, which the head or taile, branch or rush may doe.

Isaiah 28:1
WOE to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 28:1 · retained source text

¶ Woe to the crowne of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flowre, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are ouercome with wine.

1611 marginal noteHeb. broken.

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