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Scripture Commentary article 2025-07-26

κεφαλή (kephale) — Logos Clippings (Cheryl Schatz)

A curated collection of Logos Bible Software clippings compiled by Cheryl Schatz examining the Greek word κεφαλή (kephale) and Hebrew רֹאשׁ (rosh). The clippings draw from lexicons, encyclopedias, commentaries, and academic journals to argue that "source/origin" is the primary metaphorical meaning of kephale rather than "authority/leader," with implications for interpreting 1 Corinthians 11, Ephesians 5, and Colossians 1.

1 Cor. 11:12 1 Cor. 11:8 1 Cor. 1:5 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2023-01-17

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Male Headship: Is It Really Biblical?

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 8 on male headship and whether it is really biblical

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@path1_one @rightresponsem I am a mutualist⎯mutual cooperation and service, not an advocate of chaos. “He is also the head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning (archē), the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have fi...

@path1_one @rightresponsem I am a mutualist⎯mutual cooperation and service, not an advocate of chaos. “He is also the head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning (archē), the firstborn from

Col 1:18 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-20

Here's a commentary on this verse from Leon Morris in the TNTC "1 Corinthians: an introduction and commentary" (Vol. 7, p. 149). Morris states that kephale in LSJ is "never for the leader of a group." He believes it means 'source' (as 'head' of a r...

Here's a commentary on this verse from Leon Morris in the TNTC "1 Corinthians: an introduction and commentary" (Vol. 7, p. 149). Morris states that kephale in LSJ is "never for the leader of a group.

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Theology verse entry

Ephesians 5:18-33

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 5:18-33 mutual submission,kephale,source,marriage,kenosis,Spirit-filled,husbands love,wives submit,egalitarian,hupotasso,allelon,household code,head-body metaphor,agapao,self-sacrifice,great mystery,Christ and church,one flesh
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 11:10-16

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 11:10-16 exousia,woman authority,angels,interdependence,mutual dependence,egalitarian,hair,covering,creation order,corrective,in the Lord
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 11:2-9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 11:2-9 kephale,head covering,source,origin,authority,man woman,glory,image,aner gyne,egalitarian,Trinity,hierarchy,husband,wife,creation
Theology verse entry

Genesis 2:21-23

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 2:21-23 rib,tsela,side,woman from man,equality,egalitarian,creation
Theology verse entry

John 6:64-65

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

John 6:64-65 soteriology,unbelief,foreknowledge,granting,connection,Calvinism,provisionism
Theology verse entry

Colossians 1:15-18

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

Colossians 1:15-18 kephale,head,source,origin,creator,firstborn,preeminence,christology,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Colossians 2:16-19

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

Colossians 2:16-19 kephale,head,source,nourishment,body,growth,heresy,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Genesis 2:10

Sections: cross_references, exegesis

Genesis 2:10 rosh,headwater,source,rivers,Eden,kephale background,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Hebrews 5:9-10

Sections: exegesis

Hebrews 5:9-10 source,aitios,archegos,salvation,christ,origin
Theology greek term

κεφαλή (kephalē)

head; source/origin; preeminent one

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Theology greek term

ἀρχή (archē)

beginning, origin, source; rule, authority, first cause

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Theology greek term

αἴτιος (aitios)

cause, source, author; responsible

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Theology greek term

ἀρχηγός (archēgos)

originator, author, pioneer, founder, trailblazing leader

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Mike Winger idea 2019-02-20

"From the beginning" (ap archēs) eyewitnesses in Luke 1:2 defined by Acts 1:21-22

What Luke means by "from the beginning eyewitnesses."

Luke 1:2 Acts 1:21-22 eyewitness testimony Luke 1:2 Acts 1:21-22