What does Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs) mean in the Bible?
e. Kepha), a surname of Peter".
Greek · G2786
Κηφᾶς
The Rock; Cephas (i.e. Kepha), a surname of Peter
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Κηφᾶς G2786
Pronunciation Kēphâs
What does Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs) mean in the Bible?
Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs) is a Greek word meaning "the Rock; Cephas (i.e. Kepha), a surname of Peter".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2786?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Cephas (6), to Cephas (2), [follow] Cephas (1).
Where does Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 1:42. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (4), Galatians (4), John (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 Cephas 6× John 1:42, 1 Corinthians 3:22, 1 Corinthians 9:5, Galatians 1:18
to Cephas 2× 1 Corinthians 15:5, Galatians 2:14
[follow] Cephas 1× 1 Corinthians 1:12
Show sample aligned rows
John 1:42 Κηφᾶς to Cephas Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 1:12 Κηφᾶ to [follow] Cephas Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 3:22 Κηφᾶς to Cephas Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 9:5 Κηφᾶς to Cephas Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 15:5 Κηφᾷ to to Cephas Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Galatians 1:18 Κηφᾶν to Cephas Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Galatians 2:9 Κηφᾶς to Cephas Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Galatians 2:11 Κηφᾶς to Cephas Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Galatians 2:14 Κηφᾷ to to Cephas Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 1:42
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 3
John 1 1 Corinthians 4 Galatians 4
Source forms
Κηφᾶς 5x Kēphas John 1:42, 1 Corinthians 3:22, 1 Corinthians 9:5, Galatians 2:9
Κηφᾷ 2x Kēpha 1 Corinthians 15:5, Galatians 2:14
Κηφᾶ 1x Kēpha 1 Corinthians 1:12
Κηφᾶν 1x Kēphan Galatians 1:18
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 5x John 1:42, 1 Corinthians 3:22, 1 Corinthians 9:5, Galatians 2:9
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 2x 1 Corinthians 15:5, Galatians 2:14
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Galatians 1:18
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 1:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. the Rock; Cephas (i.e. Kepha), a surname of Peter
Strong's G2786
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 4 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
the Rock; Cephas (i.e. Kepha), a surname of Peter
Extended definition
:--Cephas.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 1:42 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Κηφᾶς khfav
Cephas
Read verse 1 Corinthians 1:12 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
Κηφᾶ, khfa
Cephas
Read verse 1 Corinthians 3:22 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Κηφᾶς, khfav
Cephas
Read verse 1 Corinthians 9:5 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Κηφᾶς; khfav
Cephas
Read verse 1 Corinthians 15:5 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
Κηφᾷ, khfa
Cephas
Read verse Galatians 2:9 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Κηφᾶς khfav
Cephas
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 4 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 4 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Nominative (5) Number pattern Singular (9)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine John 1:42 · 1 Cor 3:22 · 1 Cor 9:5 · Gal 2:9 · Gal 2:11 5×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine 1 Cor 1:12 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine 1 Cor 15:5 · Gal 2:14 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Gal 1:18 1×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
H3710 Related Hebrew
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