G2774: κεφάλαιον (kephálaion)

G2774 κεφάλαιον (kephálaion)

Greek

Quick Definition

κεφάλαιον, ου, τό n.n. the chief matter, a sum of money

Strong's Definition

neuter of a derivative of 2776; a principal thing, i.e. main point; specially, an amount (of money)

KJV Usage: sum

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κεφάλαιον (G2774)

noun, n. | -ου | κεφαλιόω

33.12 · Communication · Discourse Types

main point, summary a brief statement of the main point of a previously given discourse

HEB 8:1

57.162 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Pay, Price, Cost

some money, price a sum of money

ACT 22:28

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κεφάλαιον, -ov, τό, (neut. of the adj. κεφάλαιος, belonging to the head) ; 1. the chief or main point, the principal thing, (Vulg. capitulum): Heb. viii. 1 [ef. B. 154 (134)]; (freq. so in Grk. writ. fr. Pind., Thue. and Plat. down). 2. the pecuniary sum total of a reckoning, amount, (Plut. Fab. 4); the principal, capital, as distinguished fr. the interest (Plat. lege. 5, 742c.); univ. a sum of money, sum, (Vulg. summa): Acts xxii. 28; so Lev. vi. 5; Num. v. 7; xxxi. 26; Joseph. antt. 12, 2, 3; Artem. oneir. 1, 17; see other exx. in Kypke, Observv. ii. p. 116; [L. and S. s. v. 5 b.].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κεφάλαιον kephalaion 2x

a sum total; a sum of money, capital, Acts 22:28; the crowning or ultimate point to preliminary matters, Heb. 8:1*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κεφάλαιος, -α, -ον

(< κεφαλή), [in LXX (-αιον, τό) for רֹאשׁ, Nu 4:2, al.;]

of the head; metaph., principal, chief; mostly as subst., κεφάλαιον, τό; the chief point: He 8:1.

the sum total, amount: Ac 22:28 (other meaning, LS, s.v.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κεφάλαιον. With Ac 2278 cf. BGU IV. 120017 (B.c. 1) οὐ μίκρωι κεφαλαίωι, and for the plur. see P Ryl II. 13318 (a.p. 33) οἰκοδομημένον μετὰ δαπάνης οὐκ ὀλίγων κεφαλαίων apyvρικῶν, ‘built at the expense of no small sums of money ἢ (Edd.). Other exx. of the word with the same meaning are P Oxy 11. 2687 (a.p. 58) ὃ Kal ἐπείσθησαν κεφάλαιον, “the sum which they severally consented to accept” (Edd.), zd. X. 12817 (A.D. 21) Tas Tod apy(vplov) (δραχμὰς) τ κεφαλαίου, ‘the capital sum of 300 drachmae of silver,”’ 23. 1273" (A.D. 260) πάντα κεφαλαί[ο]υ, ‘‘a sum total,’ and P Tebt II. 3305 (a revenue return—a.D. 224) μ]ηνιαῖος (sc. Adyos) ἐν κεφαλαίῳ τοῦ [Θ]ῴθ, ‘monthly summary for the month Thoth,” as distinguished from individual (κατ᾽ ἄνδρα) returns (cf. Wilcken τίσ. i. p. 662f.). In OGZS 509'8 (1i/A.D.) the added interest (τόκος) produces a total amount (κεφάλαιον) of so much. For κεφάλαιον --- ‘the chief or main point,” as in Heb 84, cf. P Oxy I. 6738 (A.p. 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!° (A.p. 561) (=TIII. p- 265) ἐγγυωμένου Kal ἀναδεχομένο(υ) τὸ [π]ρόσωπ[ον αὐτΊ]ῆς σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐμφερομένοις αὐτῇ κεφαλαίοις τε καὶ ὁμολογήμασι, and the subscription to Bishop Abraham’s will 1. 7778 (end of vi/a.D.) (=I. p. 235, Chrest. II. 319) ἐφ᾽ ols πᾶσι περιέχει (1.6. διαθηκημιαῖον γράμμα) κεφαλαίοις τε καὶ ὁμολογήμασι. To the literary exx. of κεφάλαιον in this sense (cf. Field Votes, p. 227f.) we may add Alenandrea p- 74°75 καὶ τὸ κεφάλαιον οὐδέπω λογίζομαι, “and of the most important point I have not thought yet,” 7. p. 10675 κ]Ἰεφάλαιόν ἐστι τοῦτο τοῦ παντὸς λόγου. According to Quintil. Znst. ii, 11, 27 Menander used κεφάλαιον = caput

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κεφάλαιος (kephalaios) — sum. κεφάλαι-ος [ᾰ], α, ον, (κεφαλή) of the head: metaphorically, principal, chief, ῥῆμα κ. (with a play on κεφαλίτης λίθος) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατος variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. mostly substantive κεφάλαιον, τό, ={κεφαλή}, head, parts about the head, especially of fish, θύννου κ. τοδί Callias Comedy texts [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an infant, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II.2. chief or main point, κ. δὴ παιδείας λέγομεν τὴν ὀρθὴν τροφήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially in speaking or writing, sum, gist of the matter, κεφάλαια λόγων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ κ. συγγράφων Εὐριπίδῃ drawing up the heads of the play, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν κεφαλαίῳ, or ὡς ἐν κ., εἰπεῖν to speak summarily, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν κεφαλαίοις ὑπομνῆσαι, ἀποδείξειν, περιλαβεῖν τι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύπῳ καὶ ἐπὶ κεφαλαίου (variant -αίῳ), opposed to ἀκριβέστερον, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially in an argument, summing up, ἐν κεφαλαίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κεφαλαίῳ δέ.., Latin denique, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; συναγαγεῖν τὸ κ. to sum up, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.3. metaphorically, of persons, the head or chief, ὅ τι περ κ. τῶν κάτωθεν, of Pericles, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ κ. τῶν μαθημάτων, of philosophers, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οἳ τὸ τῆς στάσεως κ. ἦσαν[Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.4. Rhet., head, topic of argument, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.5. of money, capital, opposed to interest or income, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.5. b sum total, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλοῦ κ. for a large sum, [NT+1st c.AD+]; also σιτικὰ καὶ ἀργυρικὰ κ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.6. crown, completion of a thing, τὸ μὲν κ. τῶν ἀδικημάτων the crowning act of wrong, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.7. chapter, section, PGnom.Prooem., [Refs 5th c.AD+]; distinguished from τίτλος, [Refs]