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κεφαλή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κεφαλή κεφαλῆς

Structure: κεφαλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

head
a person's life (often in the sense of being in danger, similar to the English idiom "head is on the line").
the top-most part
the most important part
(as in Byzantine Greek) a provincial governor

Declension

First declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κεφαλή	κεφαλᾱ́	κεφαλαί
Genitive	κεφαλῆς	κεφαλαῖν	κεφαλῶν
Dative	κεφαλῇ	κεφαλαῖν	κεφαλαῖς
Accusative	κεφαλήν	κεφαλᾱ́	κεφαλᾱ́ς
Vocative	κεφαλή	κεφαλᾱ́	κεφαλαί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

οἱ δὲ Λευῖται ἐπιθήσουσι τὰσ χεῖρασ ἐπὶ τὰσ κεφαλὰσ τῶν μόσχων, καὶ ποιήσεισ τὸν ἕνα περὶ ἁμαρτίασ καὶ τὸν ἕνα εἰσ ὁλοκαύτωμα Κυρίῳ ἐξιλάσασθαι περὶ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 8:12)
καὶ διέρρηξεν Ἰησοῦσ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔπεσεν Ἰησοῦσ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐναντίον Κυρίου ἕωσ ἑσπέρασ, αὐτὸσ καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐπεβάλοντο χοῦν ἐπὶ τὰσ κεφαλὰσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 7:6)
καὶ ἔθηκαν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄνδρεσ Σικίμων ἐνεδρεύοντασ ἐπὶ τὰσ κεφαλὰσ τῶν ὀρέων καὶ διήρπαζον πάντα, ὃσ παρεπορεύετο ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ. καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἀβιμέλεχ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 9:25)
καὶ δύο ἐπιθέματα ἐποίησε δοῦναι ἐπὶ τὰσ κεφαλὰσ τῶν στύλων, χωνευτὰ χαλκᾶ. πέντε πήχεισ τὸ ὕψοσ τοῦ ἐπιθέματοσ τοῦ ἑνόσ, καὶ πέντε πήχεισ τὸ ὕψοσ τοῦ ἐπιθέματοσ τοῦ δευτέρου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 7:4)
καὶ εἶπε τοῖσ παισὶν αὐτοῦ. οἶδα ὅτι βασιλεῖσ Ἰσραὴλ βασιλεῖσ ἐλέουσ εἰσίν. ἐπιθώμεθα δὴ σάκκουσ ἐπὶ τὰσ ὀσφύασ ἡμῶν καὶ σχοινία ἐπὶ τὰσ κεφαλὰσ ἡμῶν καὶ ἐξέλθωμεν πρὸσ βασιλέα Ἰσραήλ, εἴ πωσ ζωογονήσει τὰσ ψυχὰσ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 21:31)

Synonyms

head
- κάρη (head)
- κώδεια (the head)
- κόρυς (the head)
- κάρηνον (the head, head)
- κεφάλιον (little head)
- Τρικάρανος (the Three-headed, three)
- κάρα (head, face)
- δέσμα (a head-band)
- βρεχμός (the top of the head)
- γεννητής (heads of families)
- ἀξίνη (axe-head)
- ἄγλις (a head of garlic, clove of garlic)
- θυννοκέφαλος (tunny-headed)
a person's life
- σῶμα (person)
- πρόσωπον (person)
- κάρα (person)
- ψυχή (life )
- πνεῦμα (life)
- ἠώς (life)
- βίοτος (life)
- βίος (life)
- ζωή (life)

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a person's life

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head

a person's life

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