Word: kefalh
Pronounce: kef-al-ay'
Strongs Number: G2776
Orig: from the primary kapto (in the sense of seizing); the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively:--head.
Use: TDNT-3:673,429 Noun Feminine
Heb Strong: H1538 H4763 H5315 H6936 H7161 H7218
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