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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 Jesus. When Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of John; you shall be called Cephas G2786” (which is translated [fn]Peter).

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:12 - Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, “I am of Paul,” and “I of Apollos,” and “I of Cephas G2786,” and “I of Christ.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:22 - whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas G2786 or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - Do we not have authority to take along a [fn]believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas G2786?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:5 - and that He appeared to Cephas G2786, then to the twelve.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:18 -

Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to [fn]become acquainted with Cephas G2786, and stayed with him fifteen days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:9 - and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas G2786 and [fn]John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right [fn]hand of fellowship, so that we might go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:11 -

But when Cephas G2786 came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he [fn]stood condemned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:14 - But when I saw that they were not [fn]straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas G2786 before everyone, “If you, being a Jew, live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?[fn]
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