The head of one under a vow was not shaven till its completion (Num. vi:i8, ff.; Acts xviii :18 ; xxi :24). ( See NAZARITE.) The Israelites were forbidden to 'round the corners of their heads' (Lev. xix :27) in token of mourning (comp. Deut. xiv :1, where 'making baldness between the eyes' refers to the custom of shaving the front part of the head).
The head was bozved; in worshiping God (Gen. xxiv :26 ; Exod. iv :31), and as a token of re spect (Gen. xliii:28).
FiguratiVe. (t) Blessings come on the head, the whole person of the just (Prov. x :6) ; and men have their way recompensed on their head (Ezek. ix:to). (2) To endanger one's head, is to expose hi: life (Dan. i :to). (3) Covering of the head, imports protection, as with a helmet (Ps. cxl :7) ; or grief and mourning (2 Sam. xv: 3o) ; or modesty and subjection, in the case of women (t Cor. xi:5, 6). ( / ft ,4, o P one's 0201 head, is to rejoice (Luke xxi :28) ; or to grow proud, rebel against God, in a bold and daring manner (Ps. lxxxiii:2). (;) To lift up the head of another, is to exalt him to honor (Gen. x1:13; Jer. Iii:31). (6) Shaking or wag ging of the head at one implies contempt, mock ery, insult (Ps. xxii :7). (7) Having her crown of twelve stars on her head, imports the bold and open profession of divine truth by the church, preached by the twelve apostles (Rev. xii:t). (8) The head of the serpent which Christ bruices, is his power, authority, and chief interests (Gen. iii :15). (9) The head of the leviathan, which God broke in the waters, is the king of Egypt, and his mighty host, drowned in the Red Sea (Ps. lxxiv:13, 14; Is. (to) A husband is
the hrad of a wife, to protect, rule, and direct her (1 Cor. xi:3). Kings and great men are the heads of a nation, who excel the rest in power and dignity, and rule and protect them (Exod. xviii :25 ; Mic. :1 ; Is. i :5). (it) Capital cities are the head of a kingdom (Is. vii: 8). (12) Iniquities going over our head, imports that our guilt is very great, and our ap prehension of it, and our affliction for it, likely to sink us (Ps. xxxviii:4). (13) Men riding over our heads, imports great oppression and slavery (Ps. lxvi :12). (14) Whatever is more excellent, or has power over, or gives influence and direc tion to others, is called the head. (15) God is the head of Christ ; he set him up in his media torial office, and gave him his power and au thority (1 Cor. xi:3). (16) Christ is the head of the corner, and head of his church, excelling in dignity, governing her, and communicating light, life, provision, and comfort to her; and he is the head of all things to her, as he rules and governs them for her advantage (Col. i:18; Eph. i :22). (17) The whole head is sick, and the whole heart is faint, there is nothing but wounds and bruises; men of power, of wisdom, of professed piety, and the more poor and indigent, are all corrupted. and every man is thoroughly tainted in all his powers, with sin (Is. i:5, 6).