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Cephas

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Cephas (sç'fas), rock. A Syriac surname given to Simon, which in the Greek is rendered Petros, and in the Latin Petrus, both signifying "a rock." John 1:42. See Peter.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Cephas'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​c/cephas.html. 1893.
 
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