Strong's Number G2777

κεφαλίς

kephalis · kef-al-is'

Transliteration:

kephalis{kef-al-is'}

Word Origin:

from 2776

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

properly, a knob, i.e. (by implication) a roll (by extension from the end of a stick on which the manuscript was rolled)

Usage in the KJV:

volume 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

a little head
the highest part, extremity of anything
1. as the capital of a column
2. the tips or knobs of the wooden rod around which parchments were rolled were called by this word, because they resembled little heads
the Alexandrian writers transferred the name to the roll or volume itself
1. in the roll of the book