Bible Discussion Thread

The word "head / Gr. kephale" as used here is rather difficult to interpret. One description in the Gr. Lexicon is "top". The same word is also translated to "sum" of money as the source by which something was purchased i.e. "With a great sum obtained I this freedom ( Acts 22:28). Today, we might say "The head of a river" referring to where it came from. It appears that a description of this use of head follows in v.8-9, referring to Adam being the source of God's creation for Eve, hense, "The head of the woman is the man". Notice! not the head of EVERY woman is the man, only the first one. Why do we have "The head of EVERY man is Christ? The Gr. word for man is at another place used as both male and female. Subsequently Christ is the head, (source of connection to the Father) for every male and female. The next 6 vs. seem to refer to Adam's race, then from v. 10 on, to those "In the Lord". The Christian's relationship to the Creator is now through Jesus rather that the first Adam. Willing to be corrected.