Κηφᾶς

KēphasCephas
greekNew TestamentName of a man9 occurrences3 books9 verses
This is the name of Peter: Apostle of Jesus, leader in the early church.

Definition

Κηφᾶς, -ᾶ (see Bl., § 10, 3), ὁ (Aram. כֵּיפָא),

Cephas, i.e. Peter: John 1:43, 1 Corinthians 1:12; 3:22; 9:5; 15:5, Galatians 1:18; 2:9, 11; 2:14.

Glossary entries

Peter, the Apostle Simon Bar-Jona Cephas Simeon (Person) Simon the Zealot

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

9 total
  1. John 1:42Κηφᾶς · Cephas
    Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
  2. 1 Corinthians 1:12Κηφᾶ · [follow] Cephas
    What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
  3. 1 Corinthians 3:22Κηφᾶς · Cephas
    …whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
  4. 1 Corinthians 9:5Κηφᾶς · Cephas
    Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
  5. 1 Corinthians 15:5Κηφᾷ · to Cephas
    …and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.
  6. Galatians 1:18Κηφᾶν · Cephas
    Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.
  7. Galatians 2:9Κηφᾶς · Cephas
    And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
  8. Galatians 2:11Κηφᾶς · Cephas
    When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
  9. Galatians 2:14Κηφᾷ · to Cephas
    When I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”