κεφαλή

Noun

kephalē · head

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 2776

Lexical summary

75

NT occurrences

7

Observed forms

About this Greek word

The head, Mt. 5:36; 6:17; the head, top; κεφαλὴ γωνίας, the head of the corner, the chief corner-stone, Mt. 21:42; Lk. 20:17; met. the head, superior, chief, principal, one to whom others are subordinate, 1 Cor. 11:3; Eph. 1:22

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseFeminineReferences
SingularNominative
Matthew 14:11
Genitive
Matthew 10:30
Dative
Matthew 5:36
Accusative
Matthew 6:17
Vocative——
PluralNominative
Genitive
Dative——
Accusative
Matthew 27:39
Vocative——

NT distribution

NT Book

κεφαλή

Book distribution counts: Revelation: 19 occurrences; Matthew: 12 occurrences; 1 Corinthians: 10 occurrences; Mark: 8 occurrences; Luke: 7 occurrences; Acts: 5 occurrences; John: 5 occurrences; Ephesians: 4 occurrences; Colossians: 3 occurrences; Romans: 1 occurrences; 1 Peter: 1 occurrences

Author

κεφαλή
  • John24
  • Paul18
  • Luke12
  • Matthew12
  • Mark8
  • Peter1

Author distribution counts: John: 24 occurrences; Paul: 18 occurrences; Luke: 12 occurrences; Matthew: 12 occurrences; Mark: 8 occurrences; Peter: 1 occurrences