kephalis <2777>
kefaliv kephalis
| Pronunciation: | kef-al-is' |
| Origin: | from 2776 |
| Reference: | - |
| PrtSpch: | n f |
| In Greek: | kefalidi 1 |
| In NET: | scroll 1 |
| In AV: | volume 1 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Definition: | 1) a little head 2) the highest part, extremity of anything 2a) as the capital of a column 2b) the tips or knobs of the wooden rod around which parchments were rolled were called by this word, because they resembled little heads 3) the Alexandrian writers transferred the name to the roll or volume itself 3a) in the roll of the book from 2776; properly, a knob, i.e. (by implication) a roll (by extension from the end of a stick on which the manuscript was rolled):-volume. see GREEK for 2776 |
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