Quick Definition
a roll, volume
Strong's Definition
properly, a knob, i.e. (by implication) a roll (by extension from the end of a stick on which the manuscript was rolled)
Derivation: from G2776 (κεφαλή);
KJV Usage: volume
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κεφαλίς, κεφαλίδος, ἡ (diminutive of κεφαλή, formed after the analogy of ἁμαξίς, πινακίς, etc.; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 443; Kühner, § 380 Anm. 5, i., p. 708);
1. a little head (Latincapitellum, capitulum).
2. the highest part, extremity or end of anything; as the capital of a column, 1Ki_7:9; 1Ki_7:31 etc.; Geoponica 14, 6, 6; hence, the tips or knobs (theumbilici of the Romans (or rather the cornua; see Gardthausen, Griech. Palaeogr., p. 52f; Rich, Dictionary, under the word umbilicus)) of the wooden rod around which parchments were rolled seem to have been called κεφαλίδες, because they resembled little heads; so that
3. the Alexandrian writers transferred the name κεφαλίς to the roll or volume itself: ἐν κεφαλίδι βίβλου, Heb_10:7 (from the Sept. of Psa_39:8 () for αΔΜξΐβΔμΗΜϊΞρΕτΖψ, as in Eze_2:9, and without βιβλίου, ; 2Es_6:2 (cf. Birt, Antikes Buchwesen (Berl. 1882), p. 116)), Itala:in volumine libri, in the roll of the book (cf. Winer's Grammar, 23 (22)). The different opinions are noticed by Bleek at the passage.
STRONGS NT 2777b: κημόωκημόω, κημῷ: future κημώσω; (κημός a muzzle); to stop the mouth by a muzzle, to muzzle: βοῦν, 1Co_9:9 T Tr WH marginal reading (Xenophon, r. eq. 5, 3); see φιμόω.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κεφαλίς kephalis 1x
in NT a roll, volume, division of a book, Heb_10:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κεφαλίς , -ίδος , ἡ
(dimin. of κεφαλή ),
[in LXX for H4039 , H2053 , etc.;]
1. a little head.
2. an extremity, capital (of a column).
3. (As in Exo_2:9 , Psa_40:8 , Ezr_6:2 ) a roll: κ . βιβλίου , Heb_10:7 ( LXX ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κεφαλίς [page 342]
From meaning the little head or capital of a column (cf. P Lond 755 cited s.v. βάσις ) it is said that κεφαλίς came to be used of the knob ( cornu ) at the end of the stick round which a papyrus roll was wound, but no instance of this sense has been found. For the usage in Heb_10:7 (from Psa_39:8 [MT Psa_40:8 ]), in addition to the LXX passages ( Eze_2:9 ; Eze_3:1 ff. , 2Es_6:2 ), we may appeal to Ephrem 2 (Migne 65. 168) : ἔχοντα ἐπὶ χεῖρας κεφαλίδα , τούτεστι τόμον γεγραμμένον ἔσωθεν καὶ ἔξωθεν , where Birt ( Rhein. Mus. N.F. lxii. ( 1907), p. 488) understands κεφαλίς as = roll : cf. Gardthausen Grieck , Palaeographie .2 i. p. 141.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κεφαλίς κεφα^λίς, ίδος Dim. of κεφαλή. "part of a shoe", Arist. "a head, chapter", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κεφαλίς, -ίδος, ἡ
(dimin. of κεφαλή), [in LXX for מְגִלָּה, וָו, etc. ;]
__1. a little head.
__2. an extremity, capital (of a column).
__3. (As in Exo.2:9, Psa.40:8, Est.6:2) a roll: κ. βιβλίου, Heb.10:7 (LXX).†
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