TL

One of many things that are being missed here is that it isn’t just about the word kephale, but also about the word somatos. They are used in metaphor together in the discussion we are having about genders having different functions. So whatever metaphorical meaning we come up with for kephale, we must then come up with a relative meaning for somatos, one that fits together with kephale. And to my knowledge there is no such metaphorical usage in the OT. We do have head and tail used at least once, maybe more. But it isn’t frequent. But we have no ‘head of’ and ‘body of’ at all.

For those who believe that ‘head of’ in marital and church relationships means authority, what do you believe the corresponding meaning is for ‘body of’ and why? What do you have to compare it to?