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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 - Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which is translated Peter).

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:12 - Now I mean this, that each of you is saying, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," or "I am with Cephas," or "I am with Christ."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:22 - whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. Everything belongs to you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas?

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:18 - Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and get information from him, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:9 - and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:11 - But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:14 - But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, "If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?"
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