Κηφᾶς

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Ancient Greek

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Saint Peter

Etymology

From Aramaic כיפא (kēp̄ā, “rock”).

Pronunciation

(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

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: Cēphās (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

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