Lexical Summary kephalaion: of the head, the main point Original Word: κεφάλαιονTransliteration: kephalaion Phonetic Spelling: (kef-al'-ah-yon) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: of the head, the main point Meaning: of the head, the main point Strong's Concordance sum. Neuter of a derivative of kephale; a principal thing, i.e. Main point; specially, an amount (of money) -- sum. see GREEK kephale Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2774: κεφάλαιονκεφάλαιον, κεφαλαίου, τό (neuter of the adjective κεφάλαιος, belonging to the entry); 1. the chief or main point, the principal thing (Vulg.capitulum): Hebrews 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): Acts 22:28; so Leviticus 6:5; Numbers 5:7; Numbers 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.). |
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