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Sum

κεφάλαιοςStrong’s G2774

kephalaios

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Kephalaios is the Greek word usually translated “sum”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.”
Acts 22:28 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “sum”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • sum 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1
  • Hebrews 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

κεφάλαιος kephalaios · sum

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)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “sum” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SUM, noun

[Latin summa, a sum; Latin simul, together; Heb. to set or place.]

  1. The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added.“How precious are thy thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum of them!” Psalms 139:17“Take the sum of all the congregation” Numbers 26:2
  2. A quantity of money or currency; any amount indefinitely.
  3. Compendium; abridgment; the amount; the substance.
  4. Highth; completion.
All definitions and other forms of “sum”

    SUM, verb transitive

    To add particulars into one whole; to collect two or more particular numbers into one number; to cast up; usually followed by up, but it is superfluous. Custom enables a man to sum up a long column of figures with surprising facility and correctness.

    1. To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense.
    2. In falconry, to have feathers full grown.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.