Cephas

See also: Céphas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cephas, from Ancient Greek Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs), from Aramaic כֵּיפָא/Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (kēp̄ā, “stone, rock”).

Proper noun

Cephas

1. The apostle Peter, using the name given to him by Jesus.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 1:42:
     :

     And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

2. A male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.

Translations

apostle Peter

• Aghwan: 𐕚𐔼𐕌𐕒𐕎 𐕇𐕒𐕡𐔽 (simon x̣uˁ)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܟܐܦܐ (kēp̄ā)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 磯法／矶法 (gei¹ faat³), 矶法 (gei¹ faat³), 刻法 (hak¹ faat³) (Catholic)

  Hakka: 磯法／矶法, 矶法 (Kî-fap)

  Mandarin: 磯法／矶法 (Jīfǎ), 矶法 (Jīfǎ), 刻法 (Kèfǎ) (Catholic)

  Min Nan: 磯法／矶法, 矶法 (Ki-hoat)

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• Finnish: Keefas
• French: Céphas (fr) m
• Hungarian: Kéfás
• Russian: Ки́фа m (Kífa)
• Spanish: Cefas (es)

male given name

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܟܐܦܐ (kēp̄ā)

• Basque: Kepa (eu)
• Catalan: Cefes
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 激发 (zh) (jīfā)

• Czech: Kéfas m
• French: Céphas (fr) m
• German: Kephas m
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• Haitian Creole: Sefas
• Italian: Cefa
• Japanese: シファス (shifasu)
• Latvian: Kēfas m
• Polish: Kefas (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cefas
• Romanian: Chifa m
• Russian: Ки́фа m (Kífa)
• Serbo-Croatian: Kefa m

Anagrams

• H-space, Pechas, Pesach, Speach, chapes, cheaps, speach

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs), from Aramaic כֵּיפָא (kēp̄ā, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.pʰaːs/, [ˈkeːpʰäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.fas/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːfäs]

Proper noun

Cēphās m (genitive Cēphae); first declension

1. The apostle Peter, using the name given to him by Jesus.

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Cēphās	Cēphae
Genitive	Cēphae	Cēphārum
Dative	Cēphae	Cēphīs
Accusative	Cēphān	Cēphās
Ablative	Cēphā	Cēphīs
Vocative	Cēphā	Cēphae

Descendants

• → Basque: Kepa
• → Catalan: Cefes
• → Czech: Kéfas
• → English: Cephas
• → Finnish: Keefas
• → French: Céphas
  • Haitian Creole: Sefas
• → German: Kephas
• → Hungarian: Kéfás
• → Italian: Cefa
• → Latvian: Kēfas
• → Polish: Kefas
• → Portuguese: Cefas
• → Romanian: Chifa
• → Spanish: Cefas