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ButδὲI wantθέλωyouὑμᾶςto knowεἰδέναιthatὅτιthe headἡ κεφαλὴof everyπαντὸςmanἀνδρὸςisἐστινthe Messiah,ὁ Χριστόςandδὲthe headκεφαλὴof the womanγυναικὸςisthe man,ὁ ἀνήρandδὲthe headκεφαλὴof the Messiahτοῦ ΧριστοῦisGod.ὁ θεός
1 Corinthians 11:3
Study it in the app“But I want you to know that the head of every man is the Messiah, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of the Messiah is God.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 11:3, word by word
- I wantθέλωthelō
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelō” appears- to knowεἰδέναιeidenai
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “eidenai” appears- the headκεφαλὴkephalē
leader
The one who leads and sustains others, as the Messiah does his assembly.
Where else “kephalē” appears- manἀνδρὸςandros
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “andros” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- the MessiahΧριστόςChristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appears- of the womanγυναικὸςgynaikos
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynaikos” appears- Godθεόςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears
Translation note
“Head” is used figuratively; it can be understood as authority, and also as origin (compare 11:8 and 11:12).
The context
2Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold fast the traditions just as I handed them on to you.
3 · This verse (above)
4Every man who prays or prophesies having something down over his head dishonors his head.