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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 BoxExo 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - At these two corners they must be double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both shall be like that.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:32 - Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:37 - Make gold hooks for this curtain and five posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold. And cast five bronze bases for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:17

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:34 - They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:36

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:38 - and they made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and made their five bases of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:17

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:27 - The 100 talents of silver were used to cast the bases for the sanctuary and for the curtain—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent for each base.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:28 - They used the 1,775 shekels to make the hooks for the posts, to overlay the tops of the posts, and to make their bands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:18 - When Moses set up the tabernacle, he put the bases in place, erected the frames, inserted the crossbars and set up the posts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36 - The Merarites were appointed to take care of the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts, bases, all its equipment, and everything related to their use,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - As part of all their service at the tent, they are to carry the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts and bases,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:2 - A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it: Memorandum:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:7 - Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:9

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:1 - And he said to me, “Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:2

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:3 - Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.
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