Strong's Concordance kephalaion: of the head, the main point Original Word: κεφάλαιον, ου, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kephalaion Phonetic Spelling: (kef-al'-ah-yon) Short Definition: the chief matter, a sum of money Definition: (a) the chief matter, the main point, (b) a sum of money. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2774: κεφάλαιονκεφάλαιον, κεφαλαίου, τό (neuter of the adjective κεφάλαιος, belonging to the entry); 1. the chief or main point, the principal thing (Vulg.capitulum): Hebrews 8:1 (cf. Buttmann, 154 (134)); (frequent so in Greek writings from Pindar, Thucydides and Plato down). 2. "the pecuniary sum total of a reckoning, amount (Plutarch, Fab. 4); the principal, capital," as distinguished from the interest (Plato, legg. 5, 742 c.); universally, a sum of money, sum (Vulg.summa): Acts 22:28; so Leviticus 6:5; Numbers 5:7; Numbers 31:26; Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 3; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 17; see other examples in Kypke, Observations, ii., p. 116; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, 5 b.). Neuter of a derivative of kephale; a principal thing, i.e. Main point; specially, an amount (of money) -- sum. see GREEK kephale Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 27742 Occurrences Κεφάλαιον — 1 Occ. κεφαλαίου — 1 Occ. Acts 22:28 N-GNS GRK: Ἐγὼ πολλοῦ κεφαλαίου τὴν πολιτείαν NAS: with a large sum of money. And Paul KJV: answered, With a great sum obtained I INT: I with a great sum the citizenship Hebrews 8:1 N-NNS |