Kēphas · Cephas

What it means

Kēphas (Κηφᾶς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Cephas”.

An Aramaic name meaning "rock"; in Greek, Peter.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• John×1
• 1 Corinthians×4
• Galatians×4

• John 1:42

  He brought him to Jesus. Looking at him, Jesus said, “You are Simon the son of John; you will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).

• 1 Corinthians 1:12

  What I mean is this: each of you says, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of the Messiah.

• 1 Corinthians 3:22

  whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come, all things are yours,

• 1 Corinthians 9:5

  It is not that we do not have the right to take along a sister as a wife, as also the other apostles do, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas, is it?

• 1 Corinthians 15:5

  and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve;

• Galatians 1:18

  Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.

• Galatians 2:9

  and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were considered to be pillars, gave to me and to Barnabas the right hands of fellowship, so that we should go to the nations and they to the circumcision.

• Galatians 2:11

  But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

• Galatians 2:14

  But when I saw that they were not walking straight in line with the truth of the good news, I said to Cephas before all: If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how is it that you compel the nations to live like Jews?