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Lexicon :: Strong's G2786 - kēphas

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Κηφᾶς
Transliteration
kēphas (Key)
Pronunciation
kay-fas'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Aramaic origin cf כְּף (H3710)
mGNT
9x in 4 unique form(s) TR
6x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

TDNT Reference: 6:100,835

Strong’s Definitions

Κηφᾶς Kēphâs, kay-fas'; of Chaldee origin (compare H3710); the Rock; Cephas (i.e. Kepha), a surname of Peter:—Cephas.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2786 in the following manner: Cephas (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2786 in the following manner: Cephas (6x).

  1. Cephas = "stone"

    1. another name for the apostle Peter

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Κηφᾶς Kēphâs, kay-fas'; of Chaldee origin (compare H3710); the Rock; Cephas (i.e. Kepha), a surname of Peter:—Cephas.
STRONGS G2786:
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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
1:42
1 Corinthians
1:12; 3:22; 9:5; 15:5
Galatians
1:18; 2:9; 2:11; 2:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2786 matches the Greek Κηφᾶς (kēphas),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:42 - He brought him to Yeshua. Yeshua looked at him, and said, "You are Shim`on the son of Yonah. You shall be called Kefa" (which is by interpretation, Rock).

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:12 - Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Sha'ul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Kefa," and, "I follow Messiah."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:22 - whether Sha'ul, or Apollos, or Kefa, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come. All are yours,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Kefa?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:5 - and that he appeared to Kefa, then to the twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:18 - Then after three years I went up to Yerushalayim to visit Rock, and stayed with him fifteen days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:9 - and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, Ya`akov and Kefa and Yochanan, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Bar-Nabba the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Goyim, and they to the circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:11 - But when Rock came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:14 - But when I saw that they didn't walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Rock before them all, "If you, being a Yehudi, live as the Goyim do, and not as the Yehudim do, why do you compel the Goyim to live as the Yehudim do?
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