Cephas

See also: Céphas

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsi.fəs/

Proper noun

Cephas

The apostle Peter, using the name given to him by Jesus.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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 from Aramaic of biblical origin.

Translations

apostle Peter

Aghwan: 𐕚𐔼𐕌𐕒𐕎 𐕇𐕒𐕡𐔽 (simon x̣uˁ)
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 (hu)
Polish: Kefas (pl) m
Russian: Ки́фа m (Kífa)
Spanish: Cefas (es)

male given name

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܟܐܦܐ‎ (kēp̄ā)
Basque: Kepa (eu)
Catalan: Cefes
Chinese:
Mandarin: 激发 (zh) (jīfā)
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 (pl) m
Portuguese: Cefas
Romanian: Chifa m
Russian: Ки́фа m (Kífa)
Serbo-Croatian: Kefa m

Anagrams

H-space, 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/, [ˈkeːpʰäːs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.fas/, [ˈt͡ʃɛːfäs]

Proper noun

Cēphās m (genitive Cēphae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun (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

Descendants

→ Basque: Kepa
→ Catalan: Cefes
→ Czech: Kéfas
→ English: Cephas
→ Finnish: Keefas
→ French: Céphas
- Haitian Creole: Sefas
→ German: Kephas
→ Hungarian: Kéfás
→ Italian: Cefa
→ Latvian: Kēfas
→ Polish: Kefas
→ Portuguese: Cefas
→ Romanian: Chifa
→ Spanish: Cefas

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