Quick Definition
κεφαλίς, ίδος, ἡ n.f. a roll, volume
Strong's Definition
from 2776; properly, a knob, i.e. (by implication) a roll (by extension from the end of a stick on which the manuscript was rolled)
KJV Usage: volume
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ίδος | κεφαλιόω
6.67 · Artifacts · Instruments Used in Marking and Writing
section, scroll section of a scroll or of a long composition Long compositions often involved several scrolls, and a κεφαλίς would form one section or scroll of such a composition.
In the case of practically all terms for documents (for example, ‘letter,’ ‘book,’ ‘scroll’) the meaning involves not only the object on which the writing was done, but also the contents of the writing. In some languages a distinction must be made between these two aspects of such objects, and one must make certain that the particular expression used in a receptor language will at least include the contents and not refer merely to the materials on which the words may have been written.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κεφαλίς, -ίδος, ἡ, (dimin. of κεφαλή, formed after the analogy of ἁμαξίς, πινακίς, etc.; ef. Bitm. Ausf. Spr. ii. p- 443; Kiihner § 330 Anm. 5, i. p. 708); 1. alittle head (Lat. capitellum, capitulum). 2. the highest part, extremity or end of anything ; as the capital of a column, 1 K. vii. 9, 31 ete.; Geop. 14. 6, 6; hence the tips or knobs (the umbilici of the Romans [or rather the cornua; see Gardthausen, Griech. Palaeogr. p. 52 sq.; Rich, Dict. s. v. umbilicus]) of the wooden rod around which parchments were rolled seem to have been called κεφαλίδες, because they resembled little heads; so that 3. the Alexand. writ. transferred the name κεφαλίς to the roll or volume itself: ἐν κεφαλίδι βιβλίου, Heb. x. 7 (fr. Sept. of Ps. xxxix. (xl.) 8 for 799-nb3n3, as in Ezek. ii. 9, and without βιβλίου, iii. 1-3; 2 Esdr. vi. 2 [ef. Birt, Antikes Buchwesen, (Berl. 1882), p. 116]), Itala: in volumine libri, in the roll of the book [οἵ. W. 23 (22)]. The different opinions are noticed by Bleek ad loc.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κεφαλίς kephalis 1x
in NT a roll, volume, division of a book, Heb. 10:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κεφαλίς, -ίδος, ἡ
(dimin. of κεφαλή), [in LXX for מְגִלָּה, וָו, etc.;]
a little head.
an extremity, capital (of a column).
(As in Ez 2:9, Ps 39 (40):8, II Es 6:2) a roll: κ. βιβλίου, He 10:7(LXX).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κεφαλίς. From meaning the ‘‘ little head” or ‘‘ capital” of a column (cf. P Lond 755 cited s.v. βάσις) it is said that κεφαλίς came to be used of the ‘‘knob” (cormu) at the end of the stick round which a papyrus roll was wound, but no instance of this sense has been found. For the usage in Heb τοῦ (from Ps 39(40))8, in addition to the LXX passages (Ezek 29, 31, 2 Esdr 6"), we may appeal to Ephrem 2 (Migne 65. 168) : ἔχοντα ἐπὶ χεῖρας κεφαλίδα, τούτεστι τόμον γεγραμ| μένον ἔσωθεν καὶ ἔξωθεν, where Birt (Rhecn. Mus. N.F.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κεφαλίς (kephalis) — scroll. κεφᾰλ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ, diminutive of κεφαλή, little head, σκορόδου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; head of a nail, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; extremity, τῶν σκυταλίδων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. capital of a column, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, ={κρόσσαι}, [Refs]
III. toe-cap of a shoe, [Refs 4th c.BC+], cf. Anon. (at [prev. work]); of the foot of a table, [Refs]
IV. rope attached to the bow of a ship, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
V. κ. βιβλίου roll, [LXX]