verb
kefaliamō
Strong’sG2775
I wound in the head
stem kefali-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** κεφαλιόω (Rec. -αιόω, [so in LXX: Si 35 (32):8*]), -ῶ
(< κεφάλιον, dimin. of κεφαλή, in late writers);
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2775 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkef-al-ahee-o'-o
(specially) to strike on the head
Fromfrom the same as G2774;
King Jameswound in the head.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
bring under heads, sum up, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, Refs 4th c.BC+; κ. τινά characterize generally, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, to be summed up, Refs 4th c.BC+; κεφαλαιοῦσθαι ἐννακισχιλίων ἑξακοσίων [σταδίων] to amount in all to.., Refs 1st c.BC+; εἰς δύο ἀρτηρίας ἡ πάντων ἀγγείων κ. σύνοδος is combined in.., Refs 2nd c.AD+; κεφαλαιούσθω διότι.. Refs 5th c.BC+
II smite on the head, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| kefalialaἐκεφαλίωσαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | wounded … inthe head | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kefaliamō | kefaliame | kefaliami | kefaliama | kefaliamē | kefaliamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kefaliasō | kefaliase | kefaliasi | kefaliasa | kefaliasē | kefaliaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kefaliatō | kefaliate | kefaliati | kefaliata | kefaliatē | kefaliatelē |
| we 1st person plural | kefalianō | kefaliane | kefaliani | kefaliana | kefalianē | kefalianelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kefaliavō | kefaliave | kefaliavi | kefaliava | kefaliavē | kefaliavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kefalialō | kefaliale | kefaliali | kefaliala1×ἐκεφαλίωσαν | kefalialē | kefalialelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kefaliameiō | kefaliameia | kefaliameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kefaliaseiō | kefaliaseia | kefaliaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kefaliateiō | kefaliateia | kefaliateiē |
| we 1st person plural | kefalianeiō | kefalianeia | kefalianeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kefaliaveiō | kefaliaveia | kefaliaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kefalialeiō | kefalialeia | kefalialeiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kefaliasōr | kefaliasar | kefaliasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kefaliatōr | kefaliatar | kefaliatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kefaliavōr | kefaliavar | kefaliavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kefalialōr | kefalialar | kefalialēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kefaliamoiō | kefaliamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | kefaliasoiō | kefaliasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kefaliatoiō | kefaliatoia |
| we 1st person plural | kefalianoiō | kefalianoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kefaliavoiō | kefaliavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | kefalialoiō | kefalialoia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kefaliarō | kefaliari | kefaliara | kefaliarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kefaliarōntos | kefaliarintos | kefaliarantos | kefaliarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
kefali is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
kefaliala“wounded … inthe head”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Mark 12:4“wounded … inthe head”… apostelata pros autoin alloson doulon; kakeinon kefaliala kai atimazala.Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.