What does κεφάλαιον (kephálaion) mean in the Bible?
κεφάλαιον (kephálaion): Principal point or sum total; the head or chief element of a matter.
Greek · G2774
κεφάλαιον
Sum
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κεφάλαιον G2774
Pronunciation kephálaion
What does κεφάλαιον (kephálaion) mean in the Bible?
κεφάλαιον (kephálaion): Principal point or sum total; the head or chief element of a matter.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2774?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [The] point (1), price (1).
Where does κεφάλαιον (kephálaion) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 22:28. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [The] point 1× Hebrews 8:1
price 1× Acts 22:28
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 22:28
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Acts 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
Κεφάλαιον 1x Kephalaion Hebrews 8:1
κεφαλαίου 1x kephalaiou Acts 22:28
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Acts 22:28
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x Hebrews 8:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Principal point or sum total; the head or chief element of a matter.
Strong's G2774
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
sum
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Principal point or sum total; the head or chief element of a matter.
(κεφαλή), [in LXX (-αιον, τό) for רֹאשׁ, Num_4:2, al. ;] of the head; metaphorically, principal, chief; mostly as subst., κεφάλαιον, τό;
1the chief point: Heb.8:1.
2the sum total, amount: Act.22:28 (other meaning, LS, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 22:28 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
κεφαλαίου kefalaiou
the chief matter, a sum of money
Read verse Hebrews 8:1 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
Κεφάλαιον kefalaion
the chief matter, a sum of money
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Heb 8:1 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 22:28 1×
Word Origins
κεφάλαιον is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain