Κηφᾶς
Kēphas
“Cephas”
Definition
the Rock; Cephas (i.e. Kepha), a surname of Peter
of Chaldee origin (compare H03710);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Masculine)
N:N-M-P
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
Κηφᾶς appears 9 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.
whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.
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