ΚΕΦ, κεφ
KEPH, keph
Sounds Like: KEF
Translations: head, a head, chief, a chief, ruler, a ruler, summit, a summit, top, a top
From the root: ΚΕΦΑΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is an abbreviation or truncated form of the Koine Greek word ΚΕΦΑΛΗ (kephalē), meaning 'head'. In ancient manuscripts, words were often abbreviated to save space, especially in titles or at the end of lines. It refers to the physical head of a body, but can also metaphorically denote a leader, ruler, or the highest point of something.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine (abbreviated form of ΚΕΦΑΛΗ)
Strong’s number: G2776 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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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
- ΚΑΙΦΑΛ‾Η‾ — head, a head, chief, leader, source, origin, summit
- ΚΑΦΑΛΗ — head, a head, chief, a chief, ruler, a ruler, top, a top, summit, a summit, origin, an origin
- 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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