κεφάλαιον, κεφαλαίου, τό (neuter of the adjective κεφάλαιος, belonging to the entry); 1. the chief or main point, the principal thing (Vulg.capitulum): Heb_8:1 (cf. Buttmann, 154 (134)); (frequent so in Greek writings from Pindar, Thucydides and Plato down). 2. "the pecuniary sum total of a reckoning, amount (Plutarch, Fab. 4); the principal, capital," as distinguished from the interest (Plato, legg. 5, 742 c.); universally, a sum of money, sum (Vulg.summa): Act_22:28; so Lev_6:5; Num_5:7; Num_31:26; Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 3; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 1, 17; see other examples in Kypke, Observations, ii., p. 116; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, 5 b.).

κεφάλαιον kephalaion 2x a sum total; a sum of money, capital, Act_22:28 ; the crowning or ultimate point to preliminary matters, Heb_8:1

κεφάλαιος , -α , -ον ( < κεφαλή ), [in LXX (-αιον , τό ) for H7218 , Num_4:2 , al. ;] of the head; metaph ., principal, chief; mostly as subst ., κεφάλαιον , τό ; 1. the chief point: Heb_8:1 . 2. the sum total, amount: Act_22:28 (other meaning, LS , s.v. ).†

κεφάλαιον [page 342] With Act_22:28 cf. BGU IV. 1200 .17 (B.C. 1) οὐ μίκρωι κεφαλαίωι , and for the plur. see P Ryl II. 133 .15 (A.D. 33) οἰκοδομημένον μετὰ δαπάνης οὐκ ὀλίγων κεφαλαίων ἀργυρικῶν , built at the expense of no small sums of money (Edd.). Other exx. of the word with the same meaning are P Oxy II. 268 .7 (A.D. 58) ὃ καὶ ἐπε [ίσθη ]σαν κεφάλαιον , the sum which they severally consented to accept (Edd.), ib. X. 1281 .7 (A.D. 21) τὰς τοῦ ἀργ (υρίου ) (δραχμὰς ) τ̄ κεφαλαίου , the capital sum of 300 drachmae of silver, ib. 1273 .19 (A.D. 260) πάντα κεφαλαί [ο ]υ , a sum total, and P Tebt II. 339 .6 (a revenue return A.D. 224) μ ]ηνιαῖος ( sc. λόγος ) ἐν κεφαλαίῳ τοῦ [Θ ]ω̣θ̣, monthly summary for the month Thoth, as distinguished from individual (κατ᾽ ἄνδρα ) returns (cf. Wilcken Ostr. i. p. 662f.). In OGIS 509 .18 (ii/A.D.) the added interest (τόκος ) produces a total amount (κεφάλαιον ) of so much. For κεφάλαιον = the chief or main point, as in Heb_8:1 , cf. P Oxy I. 67 .18 (A.D. 338) ἐπὶ δυσὶ κεφαλαίοις τὴν ἔραυναν ποιούμενον , let his inquiry concern two points (Edd.), and the more technical usage in such late passages as P Lond 1008 .10 (A.D. 561) (= III. p. 265) ἐγγυωμένου καὶ ἀν̣α̣δεχομένο (υ ) τὸ [π ]ρόσωπ [ον αὐτ ]ῆς σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐμφερομένοις αὐτῇ κεφαλαίοις τε καὶ ὁμολογη̣μ̣α̣σ̣ι̣, and the subscription to Bishop Abraham s will ib. 77 .78 (end of vi/A.D.) (= I. p. 235, Chrest. II. 319) ἐφ᾽ οἷς πᾶσι περιέχει (i.e. διαθηκημιαῖον γράμμα ) κεφαλαίοις τε καὶ ὁμολογήμασι . To the literary exx. of κεφάλαιον in this sense (cf. Field Notes , p. 227 f.) we may add Menandrea p. 74 .173 καὶ τὸ κεφάλαιον οὐδέπω λογίζομαι , and of the most important point I have not thought yet, ib. p. 106 .75 κ ]εφάλαιόν ἐστι τοῦτο τοῦ παντὸς λόγου . According to Quintil. Inst. iii. 11. 27 Menander used κεφάλαιον = cadurei. Cf. also Eus. H.E. iii. 23(114) ἀπέβη γὰρ πονηρὸς καὶ ἐξώλης , καὶ τὸ κεφάλαιον , λῃστής , he has turned out a villain and a desperado, and worst of all, a brigand.

κεφάλαιος, -α, -ον (κεφαλή), [in LXX (-αιον, τό) for רֹאשׁ, Num_4:2, al. ;] of the head; metaphorically, principal, chief; mostly as subst., κεφάλαιον, τό; __1. the chief point: Heb.8:1. __2. the sum total, amount: Act.22:28 (other meaning, LS, see word).† (AS)