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2777 – κεφαλίς (kephalis)

volume


Type:
Noun
fem. ♀
Greek: κεφαλίς (kephalis)
Pronunciation: kef-al-is
Gematria: 572(20 + 5 + 500 + 1 + 30 + 10 + 6)    words with the same gematria
Origin: From G2776
Usage: 1 times in NT

Description

  1. A little head.
  2. The highest part, extremity of anything.
    1. As the capital of a column.
    2. The tips or knobs of the wooden rod around which parchments were rolled were called by this word, because they resembled little heads.
  3. The Alexandrian writers transferred the name to the roll or volume itself.
    1. In the roll of the book.


Synonyms

κεφαλίςkephalis♀G2777
(1 ggr)		volume
βιβλιαρίδιονbibliaridion♁G0974
(3 ggr)		little book
βιβλίονbiblion♁G0975
(34 ggr)		book
βίβλοςbiblos♁G0976
(10 ggr)		book
μεμβράναmembrana♀G3200
(1 ggr)		parchment
*The bars show how many times the word is used in the New Testament.

Origin

From G2776:

κεφαλήkephaleG2776head

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into kephalis :

אֶ֫דֶןedenH0134socket
וָוvavH2053hook
כֹּתֶ֫רֶתkoteretH3805capital
מְגִלָּהmegillahH4039scroll
קֶ֫רֶשׁqereshH7175board
רֹאשׁroshH7218ahead

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
dative sing. ♀ dative singular feminine
N-DSF-1


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Usage in NT


1
Total    1

References (1 occurances in 1 verses)




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