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Bible Encyclopedias
Cerhas
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Κηφᾶς; in later Hebrews or Syriac כֵּיפָא ), a surname which Christ bestowed upon Simon (John 1:42), and which the Greeks rendered by Πέτρος , and the Latins by Petrus, both words meaning "a rock," which is the signification of the original. (See PETER).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cerhas'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/cerhas.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cerhas'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/cerhas.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
