ΚΑΙΦΑΛΗ, καιφαλη
KAIPHALĒ, kaiphalē
Sounds Like: keh-fah-LEE
Translations: head, a head, chief, ruler, source, origin
From the root: ΚΕΦΑΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word, ΚΑΙΦΑΛΗ, appears to be a misspelling or variant of the common Koine Greek word ΚΕΦΑΛΗ (kephalē). The word ΚΕΦΑΛΗ primarily refers to the anatomical head of a living being. Metaphorically, it can denote a leader, chief, or ruler, signifying authority or preeminence. It can also refer to the source or origin of something, such as the head of a river. In a sentence, it would function as a noun, often indicating the subject or object of an action related to leadership, origin, or the physical head.
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
- 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
- ΤΗΝΚΕΦΑΛΗΝ — the head, a head
- ΤΗΣΚΕΦΑΛΗΣ — of the head, of a head
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