Greek word · Strong's G2776

κεφαλή

kephalḗ · noun · “head”

In a sentence

Kephalē means head — and figuratively the head of a body, the chief or source. Christ is the kephalē of the church and of every ruler.

Kephalē is the head — the physical part, and the controlling/sourcing part of a body. Paul uses it of Christ’s relation to the church: he is the kephalē; the church is the body.

Colossians 1 expands it to the whole cosmos: Christ is the head of every ruler and authority. To be Christian is to live with him as the head of one’s life, one’s church, and one’s world.

Strong's reference

Definition: the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively

KJV usage: head

Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).

Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

Ephesians 1:22 “And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,” Colossians 1:18 “And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.” Ephesians 5:23 “For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.”

Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.