noun · feminine

kefalias

Greekκεφαλίς (kefalis)

Strong’sG2777

a roll, volume

stem kefali-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

scroll1×

What it means

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 Ez 2:9, Ps 39 (40):8, II Es 6:2) a roll: κ. βιβλίου, He 10:7(LXX).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2777 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkef-al-is'

properly, a knob, i.e. (by implication) a roll (by extension from the end of a stick on which the manuscript was rolled)

Fromfrom G2776;

King Jamesvolume.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	kefalias	kefaliais
object accusative	kefalian	kefaliain
direct address vocative	kefaliar	kefaliair
of, belonging to genitive	kefaliau	kefaliaiu
to, for dative	kefalia1×κεφαλίδι	kefaliai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

kefalistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

kefalia 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

Words built on the same stem

kefaliamō — κεφαλιόω, I wound in the head

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

kefalia“scroll”to, fordative singular1×

Hebrews 10:7“scroll”tote legama; Idou hēkamō, en kefalia biblieu grafitē peri mu, teu poiara, tor theor, tem thelēmem su.Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”