Cephas

See also: Céphas

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.fəs/

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), 刻法 (hak¹ faat³) (Catholic)

  Hakka: 磯法 / 矶法 (Kî-fap)

  Hokkien: 磯法 / 矶法 (Ki-hoat)

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

• Finnish: Keefas
• French: Céphas (fr) m
• Hungarian: Kéfás (hu)
• Polish: Kefas (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cefas
• Russian: Ки́фа m (Kífa)
• Spanish: Cefas (es)
• Swedish: Kefas c

male given name

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

  Classical Syriac: ܟܐܦܐ (kēp̄ā)

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

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 激发 (zh) (jīfā)

• Czech: Kéfas m
• French: Céphas (fr) m
• German: Kephas m
• 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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkeː.pʰaːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛː.fas]

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, nominative singular in -ās).

	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