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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2786 - Κηφᾶς

Transliteration

Kēphâs

Phonetics

kay-fas'

Origin

of Aramaic origin cf (H3710)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TDNT

6:100,835

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's
Cephas = "stone"

another name for the apostle Peter

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (6)

John 1

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 1

BSB (9)

John 1

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 4

CSB (9)

John 1

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 4

ESV (9)

John 1

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 4

KJV (6)

John 1

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (9)

John 1

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 4

N95 (9)

John 1

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 4

NAS (9)

John 1

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 4

NLT (9)

John 1

1 Corinthians 6

Galatians 6

WEB (6)

John 1

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 1

YLT (9)

John 1

1 Corinthians 4

Galatians 4

ASV (6)

cephas 4

of cephas 1

to cephas 1

BSB (9)

cephas 6

follow cephas 1

to cephas 2

CSB (9)

cephas 8

to cephas 1

ESV (9)

cephas 9

KJV (6)

cephas 6

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (9)

cephas 9

N95 (9)

cephas 9

NAS (9)

cephas 9

NLT (9)

cephas 1

peter 8

WEB (6)

cephas 3

follow cephas 1

peter 1

to cephas 1

YLT (9)

cephas 4

of cephas 1

peter 2

to cephas 1

to peter 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-DSM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 4

ANT

N-DSM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 4

BEZ

N-ASM 1

N-DSM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 5

BGB

N-DSM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 4

BMT

N-DSM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 4

BYZ

N-DSM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 4

ELZ

N-ASM 1

N-DSM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 4

NA26

N-ASM 1

N-DSM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 5

SBL

N-DSM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 4

SCV

N-DSM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 4

STV

N-ASM 1

N-DSM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 5

TIS

N-DSM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 4

N-ASM-P 1

N-DSM-P 2

N-GSM-P 1

N-NSM-P 5

TRG

CONJ 1

N-ASM 1

N-DSM 2

N-GSM 1

N-NSM 4

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Thayer's Expanded Definition

Κεφας, κεφα (Buttmann, 20 (18)), ὁ (Chaldean כֵּיפָא, a rock), Cephas (equivalent to Πέτρος (cf. B. D. (American edition), p. 2459)), the surname of Simon the apostle: John 1:42 (43); 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 9:5; 1 Corinthians 15:5; Galatians 2:9; and L T Tr WH also in Galatians 1:18; Galatians 2:11, 14.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

Κηφᾶς , -ᾶ

(v. Bl., § 10, 3), ὁ

(Aram. כֵּיפָא ),

Cephas, i.e. Peter: John 1:43, 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 9:5; 1 Corinthians 15:5, Galatians 1:18; Galatians 2:9; Galatians 2:11; Galatians 2:14.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

See F. C. Burkitt Syriac Forms, p. 5.

List of Word Forms

Κηφα Κηφᾷ Κηφᾶ Κηφαν Κηφᾶν Κηφας Κηφᾶς κίβδηλον Kepha Kephâ Kēpha Kēphâ Kephā̂i Kēphā̂i Kephan Kephân Kēphan Kēphân Kephas Kephâs Kēphas Kēphâs