Κηφᾶς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Aramaic כיפא (kēp̄ā, “rock”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kɛː.pʰâːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ke̝ˈpʰas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ciˈɸas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ciˈfas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈfas/
Proper noun
Κηφᾶς • (Kēphâs) m (genitive Κηφᾶ); first declension
- an eponym of St. Peter
Inflection
First declension of ὁ Κηφᾶς; τοῦ Κηφᾶ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Κηφᾶς ho Kēphâs | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Κηφᾶ toû Kēphâ | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Κηφᾷ tôi Kēphâi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Κηφᾶν tòn Kēphân | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Κηφᾶ Kēphâ | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Cephas (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: Кифа (Kifa)
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2786 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible