Lydia

A very important distinction is to remember than in 1st Century Greek, the head was not considered the place where thinking or decision making occured. It was thought that all decision making or thinking came from the heart. (You can actually see this in other Paul verses where he refers to the heart in that way. Some translations now use “mind”)

The “head” in the 1st century denoted the life source for the body as in breathing, eating, smelling, etc.

This is confirmed by the writings of Aristotle and Hyppocrites. It was not until about a hundred years after Paul’s writings that some came to believe thinking came from the “head”. I believe this came first from a physician named Galen who proved that animals took their body movement cues from the head. But I would have to check the references on the name.

The biggest mistake we have made is giving Western defintions to 1st Century words. We have done the same with Authenteo. We have even done it with the word “leader”.