2001 Translation

KEPHALĒS, kephalēs

Sounds Like: keh-fah-LEES

Translations: of head, of a head, of a leader, of a source

From the root: ΚΕΦΑΛΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the physical head of a body. It can also be used metaphorically to denote a leader, chief, or source of something. As a genitive form, it often indicates possession or origin, meaning 'of the head' or 'belonging to the head'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G2776 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 106:10

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:70, 1:98

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 37:5

Codex Sinaiticus

• Numbers — 6:5
• Esther — 4:17w
• Judith — 10:3, 13:18
• 4 Maccabees — 9:28
• Psalms — 39:13, 43:15, 59:9, 68:5, 107:9
• Proverbs — 10:22
• Ecclesiastes — 9:8
• Song of Solomon — 4:8, 7:6
• Job — 1:20, 2:7, 19:9, 29:3
• Wisdom — 18:24
• Isaiah — 15:2, 35:10
• Jeremiah — 2:37
• Jonah — 4:6
• Matthew — 10:30, 26:7, 27:29, 27:37
• Mark — 14:3
• Luke — 7:38, 12:7, 21:18
• John — 20:7
• Acts of the Apostles — 27:34
• 1 Corinthians — 11:4, 11:10
• Revelation — 10:1, 12:1, 14:14, 18:19

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 17:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 34:241
• Book Two — 34:241

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 1:50, 18:258
• Book 2 — 5:71
• Book 3 — 7:157, 11:270
• Book 4 — 6:112, 8:213, 8:222
• Book 5 — 8:252
• Book 6 — 4:54, 8:166
• Book 7 — 5:109, 7:161, 8:171, 13:318
• Book 9 — 6:108, 8:161
• Book 11 — 8:331
• Book 12 — 3:142
• Book 13 — 2:50, 7:117
• Book 14 — 2:26
• Book 19 — 1:71, 8:346

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 3:10
• Book Four — 4:67
• Book Six — 1:58
• Book Seven — 5:33

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 31:2, 31:4, 31:5, 40:3, 58:11, 58:13

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 8:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 28:11, 28:18, 40:16, 40:17, 48:17
• Leviticus — 13:12, 13:30, 19:27
• Numbers — 6:5, 6:7
• Deuteronomy — 28:23, 32:42
• Judges — 16:13, 16:14, 16:19, 16:22
• 1 Samuel — 4:12, 14:45, 17:5, 19:13, 19:16, 26:7, 26:11, 26:12, 26:16
• 2 Samuel — 1:2, 12:30, 14:26, 15:32
• 1 Kings — 7:21, 19:6
• 2 Kings — 2:3, 2:5
• 1 Chronicles — 20:2
• Ezra (Alpha) — 4:30, 8:68
• Ezra (Beta) — 9:3, 9:6
• Esther — 4:17, 6:12
• Judith — 10:3, 13:6, 13:7, 13:18
• 2 Maccabees — 7:7
• 4 Maccabees — 9:28
• Psalms — 39:13, 43:15, 59:9, 68:5, 107:9
• Odes — 2:42
• Song of Solomon — 4:8, 7:5
• Job — 1:20, 2:7, 19:9, 29:3
• Wisdom — 18:24
• Isaiah — 1:6, 3:24, 15:2, 35:10, 43:4, 51:11, 59:17, 61:7
• Jeremiah — 2:36, 13:18
• Lamentations — 5:16
• Ezekiel — 1:22, 1:25, 10:1, 24:23, 33:4
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:28, 3:94, 4:2, 7:1, 7:9, 7:15, 14:36
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 7:9, 7:20, 13:34, 14:36
• Jonah — 4:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 4 — 1:10

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 10:30, 26:7, 27:29, 27:37
• Mark — 14:3
• Luke — 7:38, 12:7, 21:18
• John — 20:7
• Acts — 27:34
• 1 Corinthians — 11:4, 11:10
• Revelation — 12:1

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
• 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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