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Lexicon :: Strong's G2533 - kaiaphas

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Καϊάφας
Transliteration
kaiaphas (Key)
Pronunciation
kah-ee-af'-as
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Aramaic origin
mGNT
9x in 3 unique form(s) TR
9x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Καϊάφας Kaïáphas, kah-ee-af'-as; of Chaldee origin; the dell; Caiaphas (i.e. Cajepha), an Israelite:—Caiaphas.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G2533 in the following manner: Caiaphas (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G2533 in the following manner: Caiaphas (9x).

  1. Caiaphas = "as comely"

    1. a high priest of the Jews appointed to that office by Valerius Gratus, governor of Judaea, after removal of Simon, son of Camith, A.D. 18, and was removed A.D. 36 by Vitellius, governor of Syria, who appointed Jonathan, son of Ananus (Annus, father-in-law of Caiaphas), his successor

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Καϊάφας Kaïáphas, kah-ee-af'-as; of Chaldee origin; the dell; Caiaphas (i.e. Cajepha), an Israelite:—Caiaphas.
STRONGS G2533:
Καϊάφας (WH Καϊάφας; (cf. Iota, at the end); Lachmann in Luke 3:2 Καιφας), Καϊάφα (Buttmann, 20 (18); Winer's Grammar, § 8, 1), ὁ (supposed by many to be the same as כֵּפָא, a stone, a rock; others more correctly equivalent to כָּיְפָא, depression, Targ. on Proverbs 16:26 (according to Delitzsch (Brief and. Röm. ins Hebrew etc., p. 28) קַיָפָא)), Caiaphas; according to Josephus (Antiquities 18, 2, 2) Ιωσηπος, ὁ καί Καϊάφας (Ιωσηπον, τόν καί Καϊάφαν ἐπικαλούμενον, Antiquities 18, 4, 3), high priest of the Jews. He was appointed to that office by Valerius Gratus, governor of Judaea, after the removal of Simon, son of Camith, A.D. 18 (cf. Schürer, N. T. Zeitgesch. § 23 iv.), and was removed A.D. 36 by Vitellius, governor of Syria, who appointed Jonathan, son of the high priest Ananus (i. e. Annas, father-in-law of Caiaphas, John 18:13), his successor (Josephus, Antiquities 18, 4, 3): Matthew 26:3, 57; Luke 3:2; John 11:49; John 18:13f, 24, 28; Acts 4:6. Cf. Hausrath, in Schenkel iii. 463f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
16:26
Matthew
26:3; 26:57
Luke
3:2; 3:2
John
11:49; 18:13; 18:13; 18:24; 18:28
Acts
4:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2533 matches the Greek Καϊάφας (kaiaphas),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:3 - Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:57

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:57 - Now they that had seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:2 - in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came upon John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:49 - But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:13 - and they led him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:14 - But it was Caiaphas who counselled the Jews that it was better that one man should perish for the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:24 - Annas then had sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:28 - They lead therefore Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium; and it was early morn. And *they* entered not into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but eat the passover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:6 - and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the high priestly family;
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