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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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Lamentations 2:15
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 2:15 · retained source text

All that passe by, clap their hands at thee: they hisse and wagge their head at the daughter of Ierusalem, saying, Is this the citie that men call the perfection of beauty, the ioy of the whole earth?

1611 marginal noteHebr. by the way.

1611 marginal notePsal.48.2.

Lamentations 3:54
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 3:54 · retained source text

Waters flowed ouer mine head, then I sayd, I am cut off.

Lamentations 5:16
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Lamentations 5:16 · retained source text

The crowne is fallen from our head: Woe vnto vs, that wee haue sinned.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the crowne of our head is fallen.

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