kephale

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I read through my Greek new testament and came to I Cor 11:4
and the verse read: "Every man praying or prophesying,
(anything) on (his) head having, puts to shame his head."
In the King James it reads: "Every man praying or prophesying,
having his head covered, dishonoreth his head."  The greek
word in place of head in the part that says "..having his head
covered" is kephale.  The definition in my greek dictionary says..
"Prob. from the primary Kapto(in the sense of seizing); the
head(as the part most readily taken hold of), lit. or fig..:--head."
Now after reading this, I notice it never says the top of the head
or the hair on top of your head..it just says head.  So after trying
to define the word "head" in all my biblical ways, I looked to
Webster for help.  Webster says this, "head (hed) n the part of
the animal body body containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose,
and mouth; the top part of anything; the foremost part; the chief
person."
Notice Webster states it as the part of the body containing not
just the brain, but the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.  If the head
is considered the face too, then this would mean that the face
would need to be uncovered too.
	I do not consider myself a Bible expert or saying
anybody is right or wrong, but in my own case, I see I Cor 11:4
talking about not just your hair, but you beard, and mustache
too.  Take it or leave it, I am going to be on the safe side and
not have a beard or mustache.
	Now the question would be...should we have any hair at
all on our head?  ( don't answer this, I already have a receeding
hair line at 22yrs.  :P )

C.Sterrett
sterrett@juno.com