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Lexicon :: Strong's G2774 - kephalaion

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κεφάλαιον
Transliteration
kephalaion (Key)
Pronunciation
kef-al'-ah-yon
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of κεφαλή (G2776)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
5x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

κεφάλαιον kephálaion, kef-al'-ah-yon; neuter of a derivative of G2776; a principal thing, i.e. main point; specially, an amount (of money):—sum.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2774 in the following manner: sum (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2774 in the following manner: sum (2x).

  1. the chief or main point, the principal thing

  2. the pecuniary sum total of a reckoning, amount

    1. the principal, capital, as distinguished from the interest

    2. a sum of money, sum

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κεφάλαιον kephálaion, kef-al'-ah-yon; neuter of a derivative of G2776; a principal thing, i.e. main point; specially, an amount (of money):—sum.
STRONGS G2774:
κεφάλαιον, κεφαλαίου, τό (neuter of the adjective κεφάλαιος, belonging to the entry);
1. the chief or main point, the principal thing (Vulg.capitulum): Hebrews 8:1 (cf. Buttmann, 154 (134)); (frequent so in Greek writings from Pindar, Thucydides and Plato down).
2. "the pecuniary sum total of a reckoning, amount (Plutarch, Fab. 4); the principal, capital," as distinguished from the interest (Plato, legg. 5, 742 c.); universally, a sum of money, sum (Vulg.summa): Acts 22:28; so Leviticus 6:5; Numbers 5:7; Numbers 31:26; Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 3; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 17; see other examples in Kypke, Observations, ii., p. 116; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, 5 b.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
6:5
Numbers
5:7; 31:26
Acts
22:28
Hebrews
8:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2774 matches the Greek κεφάλαιον (kephalaion),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:5 - or anything about which he has sworn falsely, he shall restore it in full and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day he realizes his guilt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2 - “Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their clans and their fathers’ houses,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:7 - he shall confess his sin that he has committed.[fn] And he shall make full restitution for his wrong, adding a fifth to it and giving it to him to whom he did the wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:26 - “Take the count of the plunder that was taken, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the congregation,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:49 - and said to Moses, “Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our command, and there is not a man missing from us.
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