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Lexicon :: Strong's G2777 - kephalis

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κεφαλίς
Transliteration
kephalis (Key)
Pronunciation
kef-al-is'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

κεφαλίς kephalís, kef-al-is'; from G2776; properly, a knob, i.e. (by implication) a roll (by extension from the end of a stick on which the manuscript was rolled):—volume.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2777 in the following manner: volume (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2777 in the following manner: volume (1x).
  1. a little head

  2. the highest part, extremity of anything

    1. as the capital of a column

    2. the tips or knobs of the wooden rod around which parchments were rolled were called by this word, because they resembled little heads

  3. the Alexandrian writers transferred the name to the roll or volume itself

    1. in the roll of the book

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κεφαλίς kephalís, kef-al-is'; from G2776; properly, a knob, i.e. (by implication) a roll (by extension from the end of a stick on which the manuscript was rolled):—volume.
STRONGS G2777:
κεφαλίς, κεφαλίδος, (diminutive of κεφαλή, formed after the analogy of ἁμαξίς, πινακίς, etc.; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 443; Kühner, § 380 Anm. 5, i., p. 708);
1. a little head (Latincapitellum, capitulum).
2. the highest part, extremity or end of anything; as the capital of a column, 1 Kings 7:9, 31 etc.; Geoponica 14, 6, 6; hence, the tips or knobs (theumbilici of the Romans (or rather the cornua; see Gardthausen, Griech. Palaeogr., p. 52f; Rich, Dictionary, under the word umbilicus)) of the wooden rod around which parchments were rolled seem to have been called κεφαλίδες, because they resembled little heads; so that
3. the Alexandrian writers transferred the name κεφαλίς to the roll or volume itself: ἐν κεφαλίδι βίβλου, Hebrews 10:7 (from the Sept. of Psalm 39:8 (Ps. 40:8) for בִּמְגִלַּת־סֵפֶר, as in Ezekiel 2:9, and without βιβλίου, Ezekiel 3:1-3; 2 Esdr. 6:2 (cf. Birt, Antikes Buchwesen (Berl. 1882), p. 116)), Itala:in volumine libri, in the roll of the book (cf. Winer's Grammar, 23 (22)). The different opinions are noticed by Bleek at the passage.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
7:9; 7:31
Psalms
39:8; 40:8
Ezekiel
2; 2:9; 3:1; 3:2; 3:3
Hebrews
10:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2777 matches the Greek κεφαλίς (kephalis),
which occurs 24 times in 20 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 -

“They are to be paired at the bottom, and joined together[fn] at the top in a single ring. So it should be for both of them; they will serve as the two corners.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:32 -

“Hang it on four gold-plated pillars of acacia wood that have gold hooks and that stand on four silver bases.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 -

“Make five pillars of acacia wood for the screen and overlay them with gold; their hooks are to be gold, and you are to cast five bronze bases for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 -

“All the posts around the courtyard are to be banded with silver and have silver hooks and bronze bases.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:34 -

He overlaid them with gold and made their rings out of gold as holders for the crossbars. He also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:36 -

He made four pillars of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold. And he cast four silver bases for the pillars.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 -

together with its five pillars and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the pillars and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 -

The bases for the posts were bronze; the hooks and bands of the posts were silver; and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. All the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 -

It had four posts with their four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, and their top plating and their bands were silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:27 -

There were 7,500 pounds[fn] of silver used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the curtain ​— ​one hundred bases from 7,500 pounds, 75 pounds[fn] for each base.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 -

With the remaining 44 pounds[fn] he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:18 -

Moses set up the tabernacle: He laid its bases, positioned its supports, inserted its crossbars, and set up its pillars.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36 -

The assigned duties of Merari’s descendants involved the tabernacle’s supports, crossbars, pillars, bases, all its equipment, and all the work related to these,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 -

“This is what they are responsible to carry as the whole of their service at the tent of meeting: the supports of the tabernacle, with its crossbars, pillars, and bases,

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:2 -

But it was in the fortress of Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found with this record written on it:

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:7 -

Then I said, “See, I have come;

in the scroll it is written about me.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:9 -

So I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and there was a written scroll in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:1 -

He said to me, “Son of man, eat what you find here. Eat this scroll, then go and speak to the house of Israel.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:2 -

So I opened my mouth, and he fed me the scroll.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:3 -

“Son of man,” he said to me, “feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.

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