Crown
קׇדְקֹדStrong’s H6936qodqod (qod-qod)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qodqod is the Hebrew word usually translated “scalp his”, “scalp of” and “scalp”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.”
Meaning
- Head, crown of head, top of head, hairy crown, scalp
How it's translated
- scalp his 3
- scalp of 2
- and to the scalp 1
- scalp your 1
- and to scalp of 1
- a scalp 1
- scalp 1
- and scalp of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 3
- Psalms 2
- Jeremiah 2
- Genesis 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- Job 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 28:35The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
- Deuteronomy 33:16And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
- Deuteronomy 33:20And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
- 2 Samuel 14:25But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
- Job 2:7So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
- Psalms 7:16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Hebrew dictionary
קׇדְקֹד qodqod · crown
head, crown of head, top of head, hairy crown, scalp
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “crown” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CROWN, noun
[G., Latin ]
- An ornament worn on the head by kings and sovereign princes, as a badge of imperial or regal power and dignity.
- A wreath or garland.
- Honorary distinction; reward.“They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; we, an incorruptible” 1 Corinthians 9:25
- Honor; splendor; dignity.“The crown has fallen from our heads” Lamentations 5:16“A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband” Proverbs 12:4
All definitions and other forms of “crown”
- The top of the head; the top of a mountain or other elevated object.
- The part of a hat which covers the top of the head.
- A coin anciently stamped with the figure of a crown The English crown is five shillings sterling.
- Completion; accomplishment.
- Clerical tonsure in a circular form; a little circle shaved on the top of the head, as a mark of ecclesiastical office or distinction.
- Among jewelers, the upper work of a rose diamond.
- In botany, an appendage to the top of a seed, which serves to bear it in the wind.
CROWN, verb transitive
- To invest with a crown or regal ornament.
- To cover, as with a crown; to cover the top.
- To honor; to dignify; to adorn.“Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor” Psalms 8:5
- To reward; to bestow an honorary reward or distinction on; as the victor crowned with laurel.
- To reward; to recompense.
- To terminate or finish; to complete; to perfect.
- To terminate and reward; as, our efforts were crowned with success.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.