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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, ἡ (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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - they shall be separate beneath, but joined at the top, at the first ring. Thus shall it be with both of them; they shall form the two corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:32 - And you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 - All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:34 - And he overlaid the frames with gold, and made their rings of gold for holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:36 - And for it he made four pillars of acacia and overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four bases of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - and its five pillars with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals, and their fillets were of gold, but their five bases were of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. The overlaying of their capitals was also of silver, and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - And their pillars were four in number. Their four bases were of bronze, their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:27 - The hundred talents of silver were for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent a base.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - And of the 1,775 shekels he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their capitals and made fillets for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:18 - Moses erected the tabernacle. He laid its bases, and set up its frames, and put in its poles, and raised up its pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36 - And the appointed guard duty of the sons of Merari involved the frames of the tabernacle, the bars, the pillars, the bases, and all their accessories; all the service connected with these;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - And this is what they are charged to carry, as the whole of their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, with its bars, pillars, and bases,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:2 - And in Ecbatana, the citadel that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: “A record.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:7 - Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:9 - And when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me, and behold, a scroll of a book was in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:1 - And he said to me, “Son of man, eat whatever you find here. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:2 - So I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:3 - And he said to me, “Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it.” Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey.
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