Word Study · Strong's G2786 · Greek
Κηφᾶς
Kephas
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Strong's 1890 spelling: Kēphâs
“the Rock”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
the Rock; Cephas (i.e. Kepha), a surname of Peter
Rendered in the KJV as
Cephas.
- 9occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- Κηφᾶς3
- Κηφᾷ1
- Κηφᾶ,1
- Κηφᾷ,1
- Κηφᾶν1
- Κηφᾶς,1
- Κηφᾶς;1
How it is rendered · 6
- Cephas4
- Cephas?1
- of Cephas,1
- Peter1
- to Cephas,1
- to Peter1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular5
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular2
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSM-P · 5
- N-DSM-P · 2
- N-ASM-P · 1
- N-GSM-P · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Corinthians carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Corinthians4 occurrences
- 1 Corinthians 1:12Κηφᾶ,kēphanoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularWhat I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”here: of Cephas,
- 1 Corinthians 3:22Κηφᾶςkēphasnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularwhether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,here: Cephas
- 1 Corinthians 9:5Κηφᾶς;kēphasnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularHave we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?here: Cephas?
- 1 Corinthians 15:5Κηφᾷ,kēphanoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularand that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.here: to Cephas,
Galatians4 occurrences
- Galatians 1:18Κηφᾶνkēphannoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularOnly after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.here: Cephas
- Galatians 2:9Κηφᾶςkēphasnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularAnd recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.here: Cephas
- Galatians 2:11Κηφᾶςkēphasnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularWhen Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.here: Peter
- Galatians 2:14Κηφᾷkēphanoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularWhen I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”here: to Peter