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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 - At the two corners they must be doubled at the lower end and finished together at the top in one ring. So it will be for both.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:32 - You are to hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold, set in four silver bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - You are to make for the hanging five posts of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and their hooks will be gold, and you are to cast five bronze bases for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17 - All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands; their hooks are to be silver, and their bases bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:34 - He overlaid the frames with gold and made their rings of gold to provide places for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:36 - He made for it four posts of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, with gold hooks, and he cast for them four silver bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - and its five posts and their hooks. He overlaid their tops and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17 - The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks of the posts and their bands were silver, their tops were overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19 - with four posts and their four bronze bases. Their hooks and their bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:27 - The one hundred talents of silver were used for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the special curtain - one hundred bases for one hundred talents, one talent per base.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - From the remaining 1,775 shekels he made hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and made bands for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:18 - When Moses set up the tabernacle and put its bases in place, he set up its frames, attached its bars, and set up its posts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36 - The appointed responsibilities of the Merarites included the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets, its utensils, plus all the service connected with these things,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - This is what they are responsible to carry as their entire service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:2 - A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana which is in the province of Media, and it was inscribed as follows: "Memorandum:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:7 - Then I say, "Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:9 - Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:1 - He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you see in front of you - eat this scroll - and then go and 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 fed me the scroll.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:3 - He said to me, "Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll I am giving to you." So I ate it, and it was sweet like honey in my mouth.
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