Strong's Lexicon
G2774 — κεφάλαιον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2774 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κεφάλαιον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | neuter of a derivative of G2776 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | kephalaion |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kef-al'-ai-on |
| Meaning: | 1. a principal thing, i.e. main point 2. (specially) an amount (of money) |
| KJV Renderings: | sum |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κεφάλαιον, κεφαλαίου, τό (neuter of the adjective κεφάλαιος, belonging to the entry);
1. the chief or main point, the principal thing (Vulg.capitulum): Heb 8:1 (cf. Buttmann, 154 (134)); (frequent so in Greek writings from Pindar, Thucydides and Plato down).
2. "the pecuniary sum total of a reckoning, amount (Plutarch, Fab. 4); the principal, capital," as distinguished from the interest (Plato, legg. 5, 742 c.); universally, a sum of money, sum (Vulg.summa): Act 22:28; so Lev 6:5; Num 5:7; Num 31:26; Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 3; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 17; see other examples in Kypke, Observations, ii., p. 116; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, 5 b.).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κεφάλαιον (sum)
Acts 22:28
- KJV: And the chief captain answered With a great sum obtained I this freedom And Paul said But I was born
- GK: απεκρίθη τε ο χιλίαρχος εγώ πολλού κεφαλαίου την πολιτείαν ταύτην εκτησάμην ο δε Παύλος έφη εγώ δε και γεγέννημαι
Hebrews 8:1
- KJV: Now of the things which we have spoken the sum We have such an high priest who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens
- GK: κεφάλαιον δε επί τοις λεγομένοις τοιούτον έχομεν αρχιερέα ος εκάθισεν εν δεξιά του θρόνου της μεγαλωσύνης εν τοις ουρανοίς