Κηφᾶς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Aramaic כיפא (kēp̄ā, “rock”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kɛː.pʰâːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ke̝ˈpʰas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ciˈɸas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ciˈfas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈfas/
Proper noun
Κηφᾶς • (Kēphâs) m (genitive Κηφᾶ); first declension
- an eponym of St. Peter
Inflection
Descendants
- → Latin: Cēphās (see there for further descendants)
- → Russian: Кифа (Kifa)
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2786 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible