Strong's Lexicon

G2775

G2775 — κεφαλαιόω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekkephalaiooverbOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G2775
Word:κεφαλαιόω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a derivative of G2776
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:kephalaioo
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kef-al-ai-oh'-o
Meaning:1. (specially) to strike on the head
KJV Renderings:wound in the head

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κεφαλαιόω, κεφαλαιω: 1 aorist ἐκεφαλαιωσα (T WH ἐκεφαλιωσα (see below)); (κεφάλαιον);

1. to bring under heads, to sum up, to summarize (Thucydides, Aristotle, others).

2. in an unusual sense, to smite or wound in the head: Mar 12:4. It is of no use to appeal to the analogy of the verb γναθόω, which means εἰς γναθους τύπτω to smite on the cheek, since κεφαλαισον is nowhere used of the head of the body. Tdf. (WH) (after manuscripts à B L) have adopted ἐκεφαλίωσαν (from κεφάλιον, equivalent to κεφαλίς, which see). But neither κεφαλιόω nor κεφαλίζω has yet been noted in any Greek authority. Cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 95. (Compare: ανα(κεφαλαιόω.)

STRONGS NT 2775: κεφαλιόωκεφαλιόω: Mar 12:4 T WH (approved also by Weiss, Volkmar, others), for κεφαλαιόω, which see.

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

κεφαλαιόω (wound in the head)

Mark 12:4

KJV: And again he sent unto them another servant and at him they cast stones and wounded in the head and sent away shamefully handled
GK: και πάλιν απέστειλε προς αυτούς άλλον δούλον κακείνον λιθοβολήσαντες εκεφαλαίωσαν και απέστειλαν ητιμωμένον
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