Cephas

See also: Céphas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cephas, from Ancient Greek Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs), from Aramaic כֵּיפָא‎ (kēp̄ā, “stone, rock”).

Proper noun

Cephas

The apostle Peter, using the name given to him by Jesus.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), 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.
A male given name. of biblical origin.

Translations

apostle Peter

Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܟܐܦܐ‎‎ (kēp̄ā)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 磯法, 矶法 (gei¹ faat³), 刻法 (hak¹ faat³) (Catholic)

Hakka: 磯法, 矶法 (Kî-fap)

Mandarin: 磯法, 矶法 (Jīfǎ), 刻法 (Kèfǎ) (Catholic)

Min Nan: 磯法, 矶法 (Ki-hoat)

Finnish: Keefas
French: Céphas (fr) m
Hungarian: Kéfás
Russian: Ки́фа m (Kífa)
Spanish: Cefas (es)

male given name

Arabic: نهشبشس‎‎ m (kiafas)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܟܐܦܐ‎‎ (kēp̄ā)
Basque: Kepa (eu)
Catalan: Cefes
Chinese:
Mandarin: 激发 (zh)
Czech: Kéfas m
French: Céphas (fr) m
German: Kephas m

Haitian Creole: Sefas
Italian: Cefa
Japanese: シファス (shifasu)
Latvian: Kēfas m
Polish: Kefas m
Portuguese: Cefas
Romanian: Chifa m
Russian: Ки́фа m (Kífa)
Serbo-Croatian: Kefa m

Anagrams

Pechas, Pesach, Speach, chapes, cheaps, speach

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs), from Aramaic כֵּיפָא‎ (kēp̄ā, “stone, rock”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkeː.pʰaːs/

Proper noun

Cēphās m (genitive Cēphae); first declension

The apostle Peter, using the name given to him by Jesus.

Declension

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ās.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Cēphās	Cēphae
genitive	Cēphae	Cēphārum
dative	Cēphae	Cēphīs
accusative	Cēphān	Cēphās
ablative	Cēphā	Cēphīs
vocative	Cēphā	Cēphae

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