κεφαλίς

Strong's Definition

properly, a knob, i.e. (by implication) a roll (byextension from the end of a stick on which the manuscript wasrolled) &#8212 volume.

Detailed Meaning

a little head, the highest part, extremity of anything, as the capital of a column, the tips or knobs of the wooden rod around which parchments were rolled were called by this word, because they resembled little heads, the Alexandrian writers transferred the name to the roll or volume itself, in the roll of the book

Part of Speech

feminine noun

KJV Translation Counts

volume(1x)

Related Words

G2776 | κεφαλή | head