G2777Greekkephalídi
κεφαλίδι
properly, a knob, i.e., (by implication) a roll (by extension from the end of a stick on which the manuscript was rolled)
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Total Occurrences
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Books
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Old Testament
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New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1a little head
- 2as the capital of a column
- 3in the roll of the book
- 4the tips or knobs of the wooden rod around which parchments were rolled were called by this word, because they resembled little heads
- 5the highest part, extremity of anything
- 6the alexandrian writers transferred the name to the roll or volume itself
Etymology & Derivation
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