Definition

the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)

Etymology

from an unused root apparently meaning to shake;

How the KJV renders it

• band
• beginning
• captain
• chapiter
• chief(-est place
• man
• things)
• company
• end
• every (man)
• excellent
• first
• forefront
• (be-)head
• height
• (on) high(-est part
• (priest))
• lead
• poor
• principal
• ruler
• sum
• top

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.