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In other posts, I have provided you with my understanding of:
- why hair is not the covering for a woman,
- why head covering was not a cultural issue applicable only at the time, and
- responded to the various objections to the requirement for a woman to cover her head.
Redefining Head to Mean Something Else
An effort is underway to suggest a different meaning for the word “head.” 1 Corinthians 11:1-16
There is a new modern-day interpretation of the meaning.
The majority view is that “head” means authority. This has been the accepted meaning for a long time, (like for thousands of years).
In the past 25 years or so, some have begun to promote the idea that “head” in 1st Corinthians means “source.” Think of the head of the river or the source of the water in the river and you get the idea. This is a minority view, but becoming somewhat popular because it provides elasticity in other areas of gender roles.
Those teaching that head means “source” offer little reason for interpreting “head” as “source.”
Notably, the interpretation as “source” rather than “authority” is used to displace the husband’s rule in the home.
If the word “head” in 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 doesn’t represent “authority”, then the husband has no right to rule his home. At least, this is the reasoning that comes with the idea that “head” really means “source.”
If the motive for redefining “head” to mean “source” is an attempt to defeat the authority of a husband in the home, then the teaching runs directly contrary to several other passages of scripture.
Please take care to observe the husband is appointed by God to serve as head of the wife. This is not an option for the husband. God appoints the man to the role.
I find the attempt to redefine “head” to mean “source” “is driven by a motive to get around God’s design for male leadership. Thus, I accept the definition that has long been accepted that the word “head” means authority.
The ‘head as source’ idea runs into difficulties right at the start. In verse three of 1 Corinthians 11 Paul wrote that God is the ‘head’ of Christ. Accordingly, then, God would be the ‘source’ of Christ. That’s a little difficult to explain from Scripture. In fact, verse three is quite clear in establishing Paul’s figurative use of the word ‘head’ as ‘authority.’