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1 Corinthians 11:4

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.

KJV

πᾶς ἀνὴρ προσευχόμενος ἢ προφητεύων κατὰ κεφαλῆς ἔχων καταισχύνει τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ·

Greek NT

Omnis vir orans, aut prophetans velato capite, deturpat caput suum.

Vulgate

Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.

ASV

Every man praying or prophesying with his head covered disgraceth his head.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
καταισχύνω
kataischuno
verb · 13×
κεφαλή
kephale
noun · 75×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
προφητεύω
propheteuo
verb · 28×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
e
particle · 346×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Proofs in continuation, extracted from St. John's Gospel. The Gospels are four in number, neither more nor less. Mystic reasons for this. 1. John, the disciple of the Lord, preaches this faith, and seeks, by the proclamation of the Gospel, to remove that error which by Cerinthus had been disseminated among men, and a long time previously by those termed Nicolaitans, who are an …
2. But what is the meaning of, not to be wise above what is written? It is written, Matthew 7:3 Why do you behold the mote that is in your brothers's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in your own eye? and Judge not, that you be not judged. For if we are one and are mutually bound together, it behooves us not to rise up against one another. For he that humbles himself sh…

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 5:20 — Despise not prophesyings.
  • 2Sam 15:30 — And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went
  • Acts 21:9 — And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
  • Deut 22:5 — The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.