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Lexicon :: Strong's G2533 - kaiaphas

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Καϊάφας
Transliteration
kaiaphas (Key)
Pronunciation
kah-ee-af'-as
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Aramaic origin
mGNT
9x in 3 unique form(s) TR
9x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Καϊάφας Kaïáphas, kah-ee-af'-as; of Chaldee origin; the dell; Caiaphas (i.e. Cajepha), an Israelite:—Caiaphas.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G2533 in the following manner: Caiaphas (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G2533 in the following manner: Caiaphas (9x).

  1. Caiaphas = "as comely"

    1. a high priest of the Jews appointed to that office by Valerius Gratus, governor of Judaea, after removal of Simon, son of Camith, A.D. 18, and was removed A.D. 36 by Vitellius, governor of Syria, who appointed Jonathan, son of Ananus (Annus, father-in-law of Caiaphas), his successor

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Καϊάφας Kaïáphas, kah-ee-af'-as; of Chaldee origin; the dell; Caiaphas (i.e. Cajepha), an Israelite:—Caiaphas.
STRONGS G2533:
Καϊάφας (WH Καϊάφας; (cf. Iota, at the end); Lachmann in Luke 3:2 Καιφας), Καϊάφα (Buttmann, 20 (18); Winer's Grammar, § 8, 1), ὁ (supposed by many to be the same as כֵּפָא, a stone, a rock; others more correctly equivalent to כָּיְפָא, depression, Targ. on Proverbs 16:26 (according to Delitzsch (Brief and. Röm. ins Hebrew etc., p. 28) קַיָפָא)), Caiaphas; according to Josephus (Antiquities 18, 2, 2) Ιωσηπος, ὁ καί Καϊάφας (Ιωσηπον, τόν καί Καϊάφαν ἐπικαλούμενον, Antiquities 18, 4, 3), high priest of the Jews. He was appointed to that office by Valerius Gratus, governor of Judaea, after the removal of Simon, son of Camith, A.D. 18 (cf. Schürer, N. T. Zeitgesch. § 23 iv.), and was removed A.D. 36 by Vitellius, governor of Syria, who appointed Jonathan, son of the high priest Ananus (i. e. Annas, father-in-law of Caiaphas, John 18:13), his successor (Josephus, Antiquities 18, 4, 3): Matthew 26:3, 57; Luke 3:2; John 11:49; John 18:13f, 24, 28; Acts 4:6. Cf. Hausrath, in Schenkel iii. 463f.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Proverbs
16:26
Matthew
26:3; 26:57
Luke
3:2; 3:2
John
11:49; 18:13; 18:13; 18:24; 18:28
Acts
4:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2533 matches the Greek Καϊάφας (kaiaphas),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:3 - Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:57

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:57 - Then those who had seized Jesus led him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had gathered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:2 - during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:49 - But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:13 - First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:14 - It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:24 - Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:28 - Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters.[fn] It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor’s headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:6 - with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.
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