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Cephas
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Céphas
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en la Cēphās, from en grc Κηφᾶς, from en arc כֵּיפָא/en syc ܟܐܦܐ kēp̄ā stone, rock.
Pronunciation
en /ˈsi.fəs/
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Proper noun
The apostle Peter, using the name given to him by Jesus.
John 1 42:
And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
en male Aramaic of biblical origin.
Translations
apostle Peter
Aghwan: xag 𐕚𐔼𐕌𐕒𐕎 𐕇𐕒𐕡𐔽
Arabic: ar شَمْعُون الصَّفَا m
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܟܐܦܐ kēp̄ā
Cherokee: chr ᏏᏆᏏ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 磯法 gei1 faat3, yue 刻法 hak1 faat3 Catholic
Hakka: hak 磯法 Kî-fap
Hokkien: nan-hbl 磯法 Ki-hoat
Mandarin: cmn 磯法 Jīfǎ, cmn 刻法 Kèfǎ Catholic
Finnish: fi Keefas
French: fr Céphas m
Hungarian: hu Kéfás
Polish: pl Kefas m
Portuguese: pt Cefas
Russian: ru Ки́фа m
Spanish: es Cefas
Swedish: sv Kefas c
male given name
Arabic: ar
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܟܐܦܐ kēp̄ā
Basque: eu Kepa
Catalan: ca Cefes
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 激发
Czech: cs Kéfas m
French: fr Céphas m
German: de Kephas m
Haitian Creole: ht Sefas
Italian: it Cefa
Japanese: ja シファス shifasu
Latvian: lv Kēfas m
Polish: pl Kefas m
Portuguese: pt Cefas
Romanian: ro Chifa m
Russian: ru Ки́фа m
Serbo-Croatian: sh Kefa m
Anagrams
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en Biblical characters
Latin
Etymology
la Cēphās :bor grc:Κηφᾶς<ety:uder<arc:כֵּיפָא<t:stone, rock><tr:kēp̄ā>>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Cēphās
Proper noun
Cēphās<1.both>
The apostle Peter, using the name given to him by Jesus.
Declension
Cēphās<1.both>
Descendants
1 eu Kepa
1 ca Cefes
1 cs Kéfas
1 en Cephas
1 fi Keefas
1 fr Céphas
1 de Kephas
1 hu Kéfás
1 it Cefa
1 lv Kēfas
1 pl Kefas
1 pt Cefas
1 ro Chifa
1 es Cefas
la Biblical characters
Old English
Etymology
From ang la Cēphās, from ang grc Κηφᾶς, from ang arc כֵּיפָא kēp̄ā stone, rock.
Proper noun
m
en Cephas, a name for the apostle Peter
c. 950~970, Rushworth Gospels, John 1:42
ang ðē Hǣlend cwēð him, “Ðū arð Symon sunu Iōhannes. Ðū bist ġiċēġed Cēphās,” ðæt is ġitrahtad carr.'' Jesus said to him, “Thou art Simon, son of John. Thou wilt be called Cephas,” which is translated ‘stone’ [Peter].