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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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

from g2776

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