• Judge is κρίνω (ō), which means *to divide, to separate, to make a distinction, to pronounce a judgment*.
• YLT has it in the Greek order: In your own selves judge ye; is it seemly for a woman uncovered to pray to God?
**• c**omely OED: *To adorn; to do credit to*, is πρέπω (ĕpō), means becoming, fitting, elegant, beautiful, well-made (Mat 3:15; Eph 5:3; 1 Tim 2:10; Titus 2:1; Hebrews 2:10; 7:26).
• The Greek verb pray is προσεύχομαι (ŏsĕuchŏmai), from ós, *to*, and úchomai, to wish, to pray, means to pray to God.
• The use of pray by Paul is a clue that he is continuing from 1 Corinthians 11:2-12.
• In 1 Corinthians 11:3 we see Paul's key to understanding this passage:
the head of every man is Christ
the head of the woman is the man
• woman is γυνή (ē), means woman, as there is no Greek word for wife.
• uncovered is ἀκατακάλυπτος (ŏs) (cf. 1 Corinthians 11:5). If a woman (wife), without the blessing of her husband (the head of the woman is the man), who himself is covered in Christ, prays or prophesies publicly, she dishonoureth her* *head, or her husband, in the same way as if she went and shaved her physical head.
• Paul is addressing women who go rogue and enter spiritual leadership without the blessing of a husband who himself is covered in Christ. Without this blessing, Paul says that this woman (wife) is usurping the divine order and taking upon herself the role of the man and thus embarrassing and shaming him with her arrogance.
02. The Shame of a Man (1 Corinthians 11:14)
• Paul moves from the metaphorical headship to now discussing the actual hair on the head.
• nature is φύσις (phusis), means the composition and order of God in the natural world (cf. Romans 1:26; Romans 2:14; Galatians 2:15).
• teach is διδάσκω (ō), *to teach, to instruct by speaking* (Matthew 26:55; Matthew 28:15; Matthew 28:20; Luke 11:1; Luke 12:12; Acts 15:1; Revelation 2:14).
• man is ἀνήρ (ēr), means man, as there is no Greek word for husband.
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• have long hair** is κομάω (ŏmaō), from κόμη (ŏmē), *to have long hair*. Found 2x
(1 Corinthians 11:15).
• a shame is ἀτιμία (atimia), from a-, without, and ḗ, honor, means dishonor, disgrace, shame. Found 7x in 7vss in the Greek Scriptures (Romans 1:26; Romans 9:21; 1 Corinthians 11:14; 1 Corinthians 15:43; 2 Corinthians 6:8; 2 Corinthians 11:21; 2 Timothy 2:20).
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03. The Glory of a Woman (1 Corinthians 11:15)
• hair** is κόμη (ŏmē), only found here in the Greek Scriptures and used about hair on the head.
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• a covering** is περιβόλαιον (ĕribŏlaiŏn), from í, *about, round about*, and állō, to cast, put, means a covering for the head.
• KJV Marginal Notes: Or, vail, and found 2x in the Greek Scriptures (Hebrews 1:12).
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• Here in 1 Corinthians 11:14-15**, Paul writes that the usual cultural response (nature) to a man with **long hair is that there is a shame** or lack of honor unto him.
• What Paul is writing here is that women's hair ought to be different than men's hair, not only in length but even in decoration (περιβόλαιον ĕribŏlaiŏn).
• Throughout history, for women to have long hair was glory for them, and for a man to have long hair was their shame.
• According to Kurt Stenn *Hair: A Human History*:les like the bob came into fashion during the 20th century, in regions where women were beginning to push back against the idea that they needed to be taken care of."
• In 1094, it is reported that Archbishop Anselm of Canterbury refused to give a blessing to a young man who would “grow his hair like a girl's" until he cut it.
• This statement ties in with what Paul has been saying, that a woman ought to be under the protection of a man, having the man be her cover.
