STRONGS G2777:
κεφαλίς,
κεφαλίδος,
ἡ (diminutive of
κεφαλή, formed after the analogy of
ἁμαξίς,
πινακίς, etc.; cf. Alexander
Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 443; Kühner, § 380 Anm. 5, i., p. 708);
1. a little head (Latin
capitellum, capitulum).
2. the highest part, extremity or end of anything; as the capital of a column,
1 Kings 7:9,
31 etc.;
Geoponica 14, 6, 6; hence, the tips or knobs (the
umbilici of the Romans (or rather the cornua; see Gardthausen, Griech. Palaeogr., p. 52f; Rich, Dictionary, under the word umbilicus)) of the wooden rod around which parchments were rolled seem to have been called
κεφαλίδες, because they resembled little heads; so that
3. the Alexandrian writers transferred the name
κεφαλίς to the roll or volume itself:
ἐν κεφαλίδι βίβλου,
Hebrews 10:7 (from the
Sept. of
Psalm 39:8 (
Ps. 40:8) for
בִּמְגִלַּת־סֵפֶר, as in
Ezekiel 2:9, and without
βιβλίου,
Ezekiel 3:1-3;
2 Esdr. 6:2 (cf. Birt, Antikes Buchwesen (Berl. 1882), p. 116)), Itala:
in volumine libri, in the roll of the book (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 23 (22)). The different opinions are noticed by Bleek at the passage.
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