Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Jdg 13:5) | 2 tn Heb “a razor should not go up on his head.” |
| (0.50) | (Jos 22:21) | 1 tn Heb “answered and spoke to the heads of.” |
| (0.50) | (Num 17:3) | 1 tn Heb “one rod for the head of their fathers’ house.” |
| (0.50) | (Gen 2:10) | 5 tn Or “branches”; Heb “heads.” Cf. NEB “streams”; NASB “rivers.” |
| (0.49) | (Rev 13:1) | 4 sn Whether this means a single name on all seven heads or seven names, one on each head, is not clear. |
| (0.49) | (Joh 19:30) | 3 tn Or “he bowed his head and died”; Grk “he bowed his head and gave over the spirit.” |
| (0.42) | (Psa 139:17) | 2 tn Heb “how vast are their heads.” Here the Hebrew word “head” is used of the “sum total” of God’s knowledge of the psalmist. |
| (0.42) | (Psa 109:25) | 2 sn They shake their heads. Apparently shaking the head was a taunting gesture. See also Job 16:4; Ps 22:7; Lam 2:15. |
| (0.42) | (Psa 44:14) | 3 tn Heb “a shaking of the head among the peoples.” Shaking the head was a derisive gesture (see Jer 18:16; Lam 2:15). |
| (0.42) | (Jdg 16:13) | 1 tn Heb “head” (also in the following verse). By metonymy the head is mentioned in the Hebrew text in place of the hair on it. |
| (0.42) | (Num 6:12) | 4 tc The similar expression in v. 9 includes the word “head” (i.e., “his consecrated head”). The LXX includes this word in v. 12 as well. |
| (0.40) | (Eph 1:22) | 5 tn Grk “and gave him as head over all things to the church.” |
| (0.40) | (Act 21:24) | 3 sn Having their heads shaved probably involved ending a voluntary Nazirite vow (Num 6:14-15). |
| (0.40) | (Amo 6:7) | 1 tn Heb “they will go into exile at the head of the exiles.” |
| (0.40) | (Hos 7:2) | 1 tn Heb “and they do not say in their heart”; cf. TEV “It never enters their heads.” |
| (0.40) | (Dan 2:28) | 3 tn Aram “your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed.” |
| (0.40) | (Eze 44:20) | 1 sn The shaving of the head was associated with mourning (Ezek 7:18). |
| (0.40) | (Lam 2:10) | 3 sn Along with putting dirt on one’s head, wearing sackcloth was a sign of mourning. |
| (0.40) | (Isa 15:2) | 4 sn Shaving the head and beard were outward signs of mourning and grief. |
| (0.40) | (Pro 11:26) | 4 tn Heb “for the head of the one who sells.” The term “head” functions as a synecdoche of part (= head) for the whole (= person). The head is here emphasized because it is the “crowning” point of praise. The direct object (“it”) is not in the Hebrew text but is implied. |
