Scalp
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A bed of oysters or mussels.
(2): ( v. t.) To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
(3): ( n.) That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.
(4): ( n.) Fig.: The top; the summit.
(5): ( v. i.) To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; - said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.
(6): ( v. t.) To remove the skin of.
(7): ( v. t.) To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.
(8): ( n.) A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.
King James Dictionary [2]
Scalp n. L. scalpo.
1. The skin of the top of the head as a hairless scalp. 2. The skin of the top of the head cut or torn off. A scalp among the Indians of America is a trophy of victory.
SCALP, To deprive of the scalp, or integuments of the head.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [3]
Psalm 68:21 (b) This is a type of the punishment of all GOD's enemies. He punishes the head because all sin begins in the thoughts of the mind. The Lord provides the "helmet of salvation" to preserve the thoughts of His children.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
( קָרְקֹד , Kodkcd, Psalm 48:21; "pate," Psalms 7:16; the Crown of the head [as elsewhere rendered], so called from the Parting of the hair at that spot).
