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Posted by MAC (Member # 47) on :

Hello everyone I have a question, maybe some of you would like share some words..

Does the word “kephal’ means ‘source’ or ‘authority over’

Posted by helpforhomeschoolers (Member # 15) on :

2776 kefalh kephale kef-al-ay’

from the primary kapto (in the sense of seizing); TDNT-3:673,429; n f

AV-head 76; 76

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
2a) of persons, master lord: of a husband in relation to his wife
2b) of Christ: the Lord of the husband and of the Church
2c) of things: the corner stone

2776. kefalh kephale kef-al-ay’; from the primary kaptw kapto (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively:—head.

Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.