ΚΑΙΦΑΛ‾Η‾, καιφαλ‾η‾
KAIPHAL‾Ē‾, kaiphal‾ē‾
Sounds Like: keh-fah-LEE
Translations: head, a head, chief, leader, source, origin, summit
From the root: ΚΕΦΑΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word, ΚΑΙΦΑΛ‾Η‾, appears to be a misspelling or scribal variant of ΚΕΦΑΛΗ (kephalē), which means 'head'. It is a scribal abbreviation where the overline on the final 'Η' likely indicates a missing final letter, though in this case, it's more about the spelling variation. In ancient Greek, 'head' can refer literally to the physical head of a body, but it is also used metaphorically to denote a chief, leader, or the source/origin of something. For example, Christ is called the 'head' of the church, or a husband is the 'head' of his wife. It can also refer to the top or summit of something.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2776 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΕΦΑΛΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΑΝΑΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΩΣΗ — recapitulation, summing up, a summing up
- ΚΑΙΦΑΛΕΑ — head, a head
- ΚΑΙΦΑΛΗ — head, a head, chief, ruler, source, origin
- ΚΑΙΦΑΛΗΗΝ — head, a head
- ΚΑΙΦΑΛΗΝ — head, a head, (of) head, (to) head
- ΚΑΦΑΛΗ — head, a head, chief, a chief, ruler, a ruler, top, a top, summit, a summit, origin, an origin
- ΚΕΦ — head, a head, chief, a chief, ruler, a ruler, summit, a summit, top, a top
- ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙ — heads, a head, of a head, to a head
- ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΝ — sum, main point, chapter, capital, a capital, a sum
- ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΟΣ — chief, principal, summary, main point, a chief, a principal
- ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΣ — on heads, to heads, for heads
- ΚΕΦΑΛΑΣ — heads, (of) heads, (to) heads
- ΚΕΦΑΛΕΑ — head, a head, chief, a chief, top, a top, summit, a summit, origin, an origin, source, a source
- ΚΕΦΑΛΗ — head, a head, chief, ruler, source, summit
- ΚΕΦΑΛΗΝ — head, a head
- ΚΕΦΑΛΗΣ — of head, of a head, of a leader, of a source
- ΚΕΦΑΛΙΔΩΝ — of little heads, of capitals, of chapiters
- ΚΕΦΑΛΙΟΝ — small head, chapter, summary, main point, a small head, a chapter, a summary, a main point
- ΚΕΦΑΛΙΣ — little head, small head, scroll, roll of a book, a chapter, a section
- ΚΕΦΑΛΩ — (to) heads, (to) a head
- ΚΕΦΑΛΩΝ — of heads
- ΤΗΝΚΕΦΑΛΗΝ — the head, a head
- ΤΗΣΚΕΦΑΛΗΣ — of the head, of a head
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