Strong G2774κεφάλαιος
sum
- Transliteration
- kephalaion
- Pronunciation
- kef-al'-ah-yon
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Neuter of a derivative of G2776; a principal thing that is main point; specifically an amount (of money): - sum.
Detailed definition
κεφάλαιος, -α, -ον
(κεφαλή), [in LXX (-αιον, τό) for רֹאשׁ, Num_4:2, al.;]
of the head; metaphorically, principal, chief; mostly as subst., κεφάλαιον, τό;
1. the chief point: Heb.8:1.
2. the sum total, amount: Act.22:28 (other meaning, LS, see word).†
(AS)
(κεφαλή), [in LXX (-αιον, τό) for רֹאשׁ, Num_4:2, al.;]
of the head; metaphorically, principal, chief; mostly as subst., κεφάλαιον, τό;
1. the chief point: Heb.8:1.
2. the sum total, amount: Act.22:28 (other meaning, LS, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2774 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sum2
First verses
- Acts 22:28And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
- Hebrews 8:1Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κεφάλαι-ος [ᾰ], α, ον,
(κεφαλή) of the head: metaphorically, principal, chief, ῥῆμα κ. (with a play on κεφαλίτης λίθος) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 854; τὸ κ. μέρος “PMasp.” 151.16 (6th c.AD))]: superlative -ότατος variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 494e.)]
II mostly substantive κεφάλαιον, τό, ={κεφαλή}, head, parts about the head, especially of fish, θύννου κ. τοδί Callias Comedy texts [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3: in _plural_, 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 35, 3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus Comedy texts 1.5; also κ. ῥαφανῖδος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 981)]; of an infant, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Leonidas Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 6.1.)]
II.2 chief or main point, κ. δὴ παιδείας λέγομεν τὴν ὀρθὴν τροφήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 643c)]; especially in speaking or writing, sum, gist of the matter, κεφάλαια λόγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.116; κ. τοῦ παντὸς λόγου 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Γεωργός” 75, compare 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 5.18.1)]; τὰ κ. συγγράφων Εὐριπίδῃ drawing up the heads of the play, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 113.5: frequently in Prose, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.50, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 453a, etc.; κ. τῶν εἰρημένων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.62, compare 5.154; κ. τῆς οἰκονομίας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.68 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus (_plural_))]; ἐν κεφαλαίῳ, or ὡς ἐν κ., εἰπεῖν to speak summarily, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 186c, +others)]; ἐν κεφαλαίοις ὑπομνῆσαι, ἀποδείξειν, περιλαβεῖν τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.87, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.33, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.9; βραχυτάτῳ κ. μαθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.36)]; τύπῳ καὶ ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου (variant -αίῳ), opposed to ἀκριβέστερον, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1107b14; ἐπὶ κ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.65.5, 3.5.9; ἐπὶ κεφαλαίων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.315, etc.)]; especially in an argument, summing up, ἐν κεφαλαίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 26c)]; κεφαλαίῳ δέ.., Latin denique, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.164; τὸ δ᾽ οὖν κ. [prev. work]213; τὸ δὲ κ. τῶν λόγων, ἄνθρωπος εἶ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 531.10)]; συναγαγεῖν τὸ κ. to sum up, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1042a4.)]
II.3 metaphorically, of persons, the head or chief, ὅ τι περ κ. τῶν κάτωθεν, of Pericles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 93; τὸ κ. οὐδέπω λογίζομαι, τὸν δεσπότην 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 173; ὅ τι περ τὸ κ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Harm.” 3, “Gall.” 24, “Philops.” 6)]; τὰ κ. τῶν μαθημάτων, of philosophers, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Pisc.” 14; τὸ κ. τοῦ πολέμου 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.50)]; οἳ τὸ τῆς στάσεως κ. ἦσαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 43; τὸν Θαλῆν τῶν σοφῶν τὸ κ. 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 3.125d: hence, of qualities, etc., σχεδόν τι τὸ κ. τῶν κακῶν (i.e. avarice) 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus Gel. 4; τὸ κ. τῆς εὐδαιμονίας ἡ διάθεσις 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 57.)]
II.4 Rhet., head, topic of argument, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 1, “Rh.” 10.5, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.31.)]
II.5 of money, capital, opposed to interest or income, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 742c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.64, etc.)]
II.5.b sum total, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.91.23, +others, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.40, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.10)]; πολλοῦ κ. for a large sum, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Acts.22.28, cf. Aristeas 24, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 4, etc.; κ. ἀργυρικά “PRyl.” 133.15 (1st c.AD))]; also σιτικὰ καὶ ἀργυρικὰ κ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PSI” 4.281.31 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.6 crown, completion of a thing, τὸ μὲν κ. τῶν ἀδικημάτων the crowning act of wrong, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.7; δύο ταῦτα ὡσπερεὶ κ. ἐφ᾽ ἅπασι.. ἐπέθηκε [prev. author] 21.18.)]
II.7 chapter, section, PGnom.Prooem., [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Ammonius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Interpretatione commentarius - pars” 1.17, +others, Chor.in “Hermes” 17.223)]; distinguished from τίτλος, [Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus s.Hymns of see.)]
(κεφαλή) of the head: metaphorically, principal, chief, ῥῆμα κ. (with a play on κεφαλίτης λίθος) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 854; τὸ κ. μέρος “PMasp.” 151.16 (6th c.AD))]: superlative -ότατος variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 494e.)]
II mostly substantive κεφάλαιον, τό, ={κεφαλή}, head, parts about the head, especially of fish, θύννου κ. τοδί Callias Comedy texts [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3: in _plural_, 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 35, 3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus Comedy texts 1.5; also κ. ῥαφανῖδος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 981)]; of an infant, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Leonidas Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 6.1.)]
II.2 chief or main point, κ. δὴ παιδείας λέγομεν τὴν ὀρθὴν τροφήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 643c)]; especially in speaking or writing, sum, gist of the matter, κεφάλαια λόγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.116; κ. τοῦ παντὸς λόγου 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Γεωργός” 75, compare 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 5.18.1)]; τὰ κ. συγγράφων Εὐριπίδῃ drawing up the heads of the play, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 113.5: frequently in Prose, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.50, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 453a, etc.; κ. τῶν εἰρημένων 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.62, compare 5.154; κ. τῆς οἰκονομίας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.68 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus (_plural_))]; ἐν κεφαλαίῳ, or ὡς ἐν κ., εἰπεῖν to speak summarily, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.3.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 186c, +others)]; ἐν κεφαλαίοις ὑπομνῆσαι, ἀποδείξειν, περιλαβεῖν τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.87, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 13.33, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.9; βραχυτάτῳ κ. μαθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.36)]; τύπῳ καὶ ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου (variant -αίῳ), opposed to ἀκριβέστερον, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1107b14; ἐπὶ κ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.65.5, 3.5.9; ἐπὶ κεφαλαίων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.315, etc.)]; especially in an argument, summing up, ἐν κεφαλαίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 26c)]; κεφαλαίῳ δέ.., Latin denique, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.164; τὸ δ᾽ οὖν κ. [prev. work]213; τὸ δὲ κ. τῶν λόγων, ἄνθρωπος εἶ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 531.10)]; συναγαγεῖν τὸ κ. to sum up, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1042a4.)]
II.3 metaphorically, of persons, the head or chief, ὅ τι περ κ. τῶν κάτωθεν, of Pericles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 93; τὸ κ. οὐδέπω λογίζομαι, τὸν δεσπότην 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 173; ὅ τι περ τὸ κ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Harm.” 3, “Gall.” 24, “Philops.” 6)]; τὰ κ. τῶν μαθημάτων, of philosophers, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Pisc.” 14; τὸ κ. τοῦ πολέμου 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.50)]; οἳ τὸ τῆς στάσεως κ. ἦσαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 43; τὸν Θαλῆν τῶν σοφῶν τὸ κ. 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 3.125d: hence, of qualities, etc., σχεδόν τι τὸ κ. τῶν κακῶν (i.e. avarice) 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus Gel. 4; τὸ κ. τῆς εὐδαιμονίας ἡ διάθεσις 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 57.)]
II.4 Rhet., head, topic of argument, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 1, “Rh.” 10.5, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.31.)]
II.5 of money, capital, opposed to interest or income, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 742c, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.64, etc.)]
II.5.b sum total, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12.91.23, +others, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.40, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.10)]; πολλοῦ κ. for a large sum, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Acts.22.28, cf. Aristeas 24, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 4, etc.; κ. ἀργυρικά “PRyl.” 133.15 (1st c.AD))]; also σιτικὰ καὶ ἀργυρικὰ κ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PSI” 4.281.31 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.6 crown, completion of a thing, τὸ μὲν κ. τῶν ἀδικημάτων the crowning act of wrong, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.7; δύο ταῦτα ὡσπερεὶ κ. ἐφ᾽ ἅπασι.. ἐπέθηκε [prev. author] 21.18.)]
II.7 chapter, section, PGnom.Prooem., [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Ammonius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Interpretatione commentarius - pars” 1.17, +others, Chor.in “Hermes” 17.223)]; distinguished from τίτλος, [Refs (10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus s.Hymns of see.)]