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Lexicon :: Strong's G2786 - kēphas

Aa
Κηφᾶς
Transliteration
kēphas (Key)
Pronunciation
kay-fas'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Aramaic origin cf כְּף (H3710)
mGNT
9x in 4 unique form(s) TR
6x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 6:100,835

Strong’s Definitions

Κηφᾶς Kēphâs, kay-fas'; of Chaldee origin (compare H3710); the Rock; Cephas (i.e. Kepha), a surname of Peter:—Cephas.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2786 in the following manner: Cephas (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2786 in the following manner: Cephas (6x).

  1. Cephas = "stone"

    1. another name for the apostle Peter

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Κηφᾶς Kēphâs, kay-fas'; of Chaldee origin (compare H3710); the Rock; Cephas (i.e. Kepha), a surname of Peter:—Cephas.
STRONGS G2786:
Κεφας, κεφα (Buttmann, 20 (18)), ὁ (Chaldean כֵּיפָא, a rock), Cephas (equivalent to Πέτρος (cf. B. D. (American edition), p. 2459)), the surname of Simon the apostle: John 1:42 (43); 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 9:5; 1 Corinthians 15:5; Galatians 2:9; and L T Tr WH also in Galatians 1:18; Galatians 2:11, 14.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
1:42
1 Corinthians
1:12; 3:22; 9:5; 15:5
Galatians
1:18; 2:9; 2:11; 2:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2786 matches the Greek Κηφᾶς (kēphas),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:42 - And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:12 - That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:22 - Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:5 - And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:18 - Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Cephas, and was there with him fifteen days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:9 - When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:11 - But when Cephas came to Antioch, I made a protest against him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:14 - But when I saw that they were not living uprightly in agreement with the true words of the good news, I said to Cephas before them all, If you, being a Jew, are living like the Gentiles, and not like the Jews, how will you make the Gentiles do the same as the Jews?
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