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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 - And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:32 - And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 - All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:34 - And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places 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 he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters 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, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:27 - And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:18 - And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36 - And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:2 - And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:7 - Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume 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, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:1 - Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto 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 caused me to eat that roll.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:3 - And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
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