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Jul 11, 2022 · The tail should not be dictating the direction of the dog—the head should do that. From the context of Deuteronomy 28:13, we know it is better to be the head than the tail. In the previous verse, the lender has wealth and power while the borrower is subservient. Being the head would have a similar meaning. The head is the leader, the one who ...
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Sep 19, 2017 · When the Hebrew word for “head” (rosh) meant a literal head, the translators invariably translated rosh into kephale. However, in Hebrew, as in English, “head” can also mean a “leader” or “ruler”. In the instances where rosh meant a “leader”, in the majority of cases, the translators did not use the word kephale in their ...
We may distinguish the following meanings: 1. Used of Men: By a slight extension of meaning, "head" occasionally stands for the person itself. This is the case in all passages where evil is said to return or to be requited upon the head of a person (see below). 2.
Nov 2, 2023 · 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. (Eph 5:23 NIV) Many assume that “head” means “authority over, leader,” which would mean husbands/men occupy a kind of God-given position of authority and leadership over their wives (or women generally, or in the church ...
Feb 14, 2024 · But, if Paul’s understanding of the head/body metaphor reflects the ancient understanding of the head/body as expressed in medical writers and other philosophers, then the ancient idea of the head being the “source” of the body included the understanding that, as the source, the head also rules over the body. 20 “Here again the dual notion of leadership and provision is present in the ...
Mar 19, 2021 · 1 Corinthians 11:3 says, “But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.”. What Paul writes in these verses has generated enormous discussion. In part, the debate is engendered simply by the complexity of an argument that is, to say the least, abbreviated for ...
Aug 25, 2020 · The word “hoary” refers to the color gray or white, so the “hoary head” is better known as a senior citizen or elderly person. Old age is not necessarily good, be sure to notice; it is not automatically bad either. It can be advantageous, as Proverbs 16:31 says: “The hoary head is a crown [distinguishing mark] of glory [honor or ...