Κηφᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Aramaic כיפא (kēp̄ā, “rock”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛː.pʰâːs/ → /ciˈɸas/ → /ciˈfas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛː.pʰâːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke̝ˈpʰas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ciˈɸas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ciˈfas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ciˈfas/

Proper noun

Κηφᾶς • (Kēphâs) m (genitive Κηφᾶ); first declension

1. an eponym of St. Peter

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Κηφᾶς; τοῦ Κηφᾶ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κηφᾶς ho Kēphâs
Genitive	τοῦ Κηφᾶ toû Kēphâ
Dative	τῷ Κηφᾷ tôi Kēphâi
Accusative	τὸν Κηφᾶν tòn Kēphân
Vocative	Κηφᾶ Kēphâ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Cephas (see there for further descendants)
• → Russian: Кифа (Kifa)

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2786 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible