Scroll
κεφαλίςStrong’s G2777kephalis
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Kephalis is the Greek word usually translated “scroll”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.”
Meaning
Usually translated “scroll”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- scroll 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
κεφαλίς kephalis · scroll
κεφαλίς, -ίδος, ἡ (dimin. of κεφαλή), [in LXX for מְגִלָּה, וָו, etc. ;] 1. a little head. 2. an extremity, capital (of a column). 3. (As in Exo.2:9, Psa.40:8, Est.6:2) a roll: κ. βιβλίου, Heb.10:7 (LXX).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “scroll” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SCROLL, noun
[probably formed from roll, or its root.]
- “The heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll” Isaiah 34:4
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.