ΤΗΝΚΕΦΑΛΗΝ, τηνκεφαλην
TĒNKEPHALĒN, tēnkephalēn
Sounds Like: TAYN-keh-fah-LAYN
Translations: the head, a head
From the root: ΚΕΦΑΛΗ
Part of Speech: Article, Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word, formed by the definite article 'ΤΗΝ' (the) and the noun 'ΚΕΦΑΛΗΝ' (head), written together without a space as is common in ancient Greek manuscripts. It refers to the head of a person or animal. It is used here in the accusative case, indicating it is the direct object of a verb or the object of a preposition that takes the accusative.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s numbers: G3588 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2776 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
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
- 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
- ΤΗΣΚΕΦΑΛΗΣ — of the head, of a head
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