Head of the house
The Head
Bible verses related to The Man Being The Head Of The House from the King James Version has lead to a lot of vain interpretations in relation to its original meaning. Some of those interpretations are not consistent with the teaching.
Ephesians 5:23 - For the husband[1] is the head[2] of the wife[3] , even as Christ is the head[2] of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Ephesians 5:25 - Husbands[1], love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
1 Timothy 2:11-15 - Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. (Read More...)
1 Timothy 3:1-16 - This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. (Read More...)
Ephesians 5:22 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
1 Timothy 3:4 - One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
1 Peter 3:1 - Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
1 Timothy 3:5 - (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Genesis 3:16 - Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
1 Timothy 2:12 - But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
1 Corinthians 11:3-16 - But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. (Read More...)
Titus 1:5-9 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: (Read More...)
1 Corinthians 14:34 - Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
1 Timothy 3:12 - Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
1 Timothy 3:1 - This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Colossians 3:18 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 435 ἀνήρ aner [an’-ayr] a primary word cf. 444 anthropos = man; n m; TDNT-1:360,59; [{See TDNT 71 }] AV-man 156, husband 50, sir 6, fellow 1, not tr 2; 215
- 1) with reference to sex
- 1a) of a male
- 1b) of a husband
- 1c) of a betrothed or future husband
- 2) with reference to age, and to distinguish an adult from a boy
- 3) any male
- 4) used generically of a group of both men and women
- 1) with reference to sex
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2776 κεφαλή kephale [kef-al-ay’] from the primary kapto (in the sense of seizing); n f; TDNT- 3:673,136,429; [{See TDNT 168 }] [{See TDNT 382 }] AV-head 76; 76
- 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
- ↑ 1135 γυνή gune [goo-nay’] probably from the base of 1096 ginomai = be or become; n f; TDNT-1:776,134; [{See TDNT 166 }] AV-women 129, wife 92; 221
- 1) a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow
- 2) a wife
- 2a) of a betrothed woman